I woke up at 4:10AM and around 4:30AM was able to share a taxi with some other people taking the ferry. When I arrived at the dock there were a lot of foreigners waiting around. They didn’t start selling tickets until 5:00AM and the boat departed at 5:30AM. Well, it didn’t actually leave until about 6:00AM.
There were about 40 foreigners, at least 100 Myanmar people, and a lot of cargo. For me it cost $10 for the ticket on this 14 or 15 hour boat. It was a pretty boring ride since I didn’t feel like talking to the other people.
When I got on the boat it was dark and when I got off it was dark again. I checked into the Golden Myanmar Hotel, recommended by a few people. And then got some food since I didn’t eat all day and then went to sleep to prepare to see the ancient city of Bagan tomorrow.