Today was quite a long day. And also a record for me: 4 countries in a single day. First I took the free shuttle bus from the Motherland Inn to the Yangon airport and took the AirAsia flight to Bangkok, Thailand.
There was some kind of medical emergency on the flight. I notice in the front row someone was collapsed and after the landing flight attendants were running up and down the aisle and were using oxygen tanks. At the airport, everyone exited through the rear door while ambulances came up to the front door. I’m not sure what happened exactly.
After a few hours in Thailand, I got on a Tiger Airways flight to Singapore. After a few more hours in Singapore, I took another Tiger Airways flight to Bangalore, India.
I arrived in India at 11:00PM at the new Bangalore International Airport which just opened in May 2008. Immigration went quickly and then I looked for an ATM. I found only one foreign ATM but it said out of service. I was forced to change USD $20 I had.
Next I went out to the buses and tried to figure out which one would take me to the train station area. After a while I did figure it out and was confident I was on the correct bus. The bus didn’t leave for an hour, but at least they have 24 hour buses here.
When I got dropped off around 1AM, I noticed there was almost no one on the streets, all the shutters of hotels and businesses were closed. I didn’t have much choice, but had to rely on an autorickshaw driver to get me somewhere. He took me to a couple hotels and knocked to wake the people up who were sleeping in the lobby. I got an OK room for $10.