Next stop Lake Inle a mere 12 hours on a LOCAL!!! bus. This meant no reclining seat and (shock-horror) no air conditioning - Els' death bus of doom. It seemed cramped to begin with and then they put 15 stools in the central aisle and promptly filled them with passengers. Good job we booked!
The lake itself is beautiful, it is so serene for Myanmar in the middle of the monsoon season. It rained for an hour or so every day and was also really sunny at times.
We took a motor-canoe trip around the major sights of the lake for a day.
The lake itself is beautiful, it is so serene for Myanmar in the middle of the monsoon season. It rained for an hour or so every day and was also really sunny at times.
We took a motor-canoe trip around the major sights of the lake for a day.
The two above are of the fishing village - loads of houses on stilts above the water. Els is really proud of these photos because of the reflection (don't know why she thinks she took them, but she seems to believe it). All the kids would lean out of the windows to shout at us as we went passed. It is the low season in a country that doesn't see many tourists - there were only 6 of us around the lake.
The next day we hired bikes and went for a cycle around the shore. We were aiming for the hot springs. When we arrived soaked in sweat they were closed for the low season. So we went a bit further to the 4 star hotel for lunch and hiked up to see a pagoda at the top of those stairs Els is in the photo - long way up!
The next day we hired bikes and went for a cycle around the shore. We were aiming for the hot springs. When we arrived soaked in sweat they were closed for the low season. So we went a bit further to the 4 star hotel for lunch and hiked up to see a pagoda at the top of those stairs Els is in the photo - long way up!
Ellie is expecting to win a wonderful Art Prize for this photo - another one of mine acutally, but she denies this. I am happy to concede it though.
The bus back to Yangon from Inle was even worse than those before. We stopped for a while on the mountain roads because of rain and arrived 20 hours later. The taxi drivers then had a fist fight over who was going to get our hugely overinflated foreigner fare to the airport, so we snuck away with the quiet driver in the corner.
Now in Bangkok, Vietnam visa sorted, washing done, Ellie given ok by doctor, train booked for Chiang Mai tonight.
Love to all at home, Jamie xx
3 comments:
Wow! Only just had chance to catch up with your trip. The narrative and pics suggets that you are having a fine old time. I really enjoyed the pic's in fact - especially the 'lake' ones from Myanmar. Really beautiful.
Hope all is well with you both, but you may have to toughen up a bit Ellie and just eat what's avaialable. Yum!
Speaking of which, I hope your bottoms are holding up...
And has anyone barfed on you yet on the busses? I seem to recall that the more rural the area of South East Asia, the more profuse and colourful the travel sickness. Try to make sure there's always an absorbant goat (or at least a chicken) twixt you and anyone who looks a bit peaky.
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Warwick
Hellllllllo both of you!
Wow the pictures are amazing...ellie, you're deffo going to win prizes with some of them! this blog is an excellent idea!
glad you're having a good time, i'll be honest, i'm very very jealous! haha.
our house is looking much more tidy now, and mums going to go in for that 'chat' with nicki soon!
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Lots of love,
Ash x x x
ps- bring back something pretty for the house!
hey kids,
nice to see some pics - they all look very pretty. i especially like the one with j and the bike - i hope they've got plenty of deodorant out there j, mostly for els' sake :-).
well, it looks like your having a great time and long 'may you continue'. i hope your guts aren't making strange noises and stuff anymore. keep the blogs coming - sad though it is to admit, they make my day happier.
i'm off now to seriously ponder why i have a compulsion to climb one of the many semi-phallic temples in your pics. oh dear.
brose :-)
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