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Mandalay to Pakkoku by slow boat. Myanmar - Burma
... of maintenance lavished upon it in the intervening 57 years. What was once a highly polished dark hardwood deck was patched with all manner of metal plates and in one part was sured up by a bit of concrete and plastic twine. All that said, they clearly "don't make 'em like they used to" as the boat was in the process of being loaded with an immeasurable tonnage of many and varied goods and humans. The tourist contingent was made up of a smattering of chatty Italians, a ...
Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar or Burma'shire?
... And snap, you realise you are back in time warp South East Asia. Nearing the end of the 2 days as we were strolling down main street to catch the pick-up I casually started a ramble about how great it would be to buy one of the colonial piles, renovate it, take in foreigners (at reasonable cost), employ a bunch of locals, protect the other British buildings ramble ramble and then I turned to see Sarah's face. It's seems this would be one lifestyle change I would be doing ...
Mandalay, Markets, Cycling and Chapatti's
... issue, it turns out the answer is to go to an Indian "Chapatti Shop" not strictly Burmese of course but fantastic. The place we went to way "Nay" on the corner of 27th and 82nd streets about 5 minutes walk from the hotel. It isn't there on the day but by night there are about 20 or so tables and it's always packed. Four women are rolling out fresh Chapatti and two men are cooking them up on an iron flat top stove heated with logs. We ate mutton kebab curry, mutton biriani, ...
The Flight/ Boat...Road to Mandalay
... everywhere.
09:46 The houses that we pass are wooden structures on stilts with woven matting walls and grass roofs. Lots of people drive motorbikes, some with helmets, some without. Some people drive carts driven by oxen or horses
10:31 We arrived by a river and got off the bus to a pond of young faces all keen to greet us and of course, sell us things - bracelets and necklaces, and quite persistently. we crossed the river on a wooden boat only to be greeted ...
The Road to Mandalay
... visit Myanmar, compare that with the 14 million of Thailand. There are conversations in the airplane with ‘foreign locals’, saying that this will never fit in the limited accommodation options of the country (it’s a little like in Cuba, an accommodation needs a license to facilitate for foreigners).
We are ‘lucky’ stepping out of the airplane as one of the first, and securing the last room in one of the hostels, a windowless one with ...
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