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I woke at yet another ridiculous hour, this time 4:15am in order to get the boat from Mandalay to Bagan. Upon finding a seat at 5am I was a little disheartened to see the huge number of package tourists on board, but on the bright side this meant there ...
After we arrived we wandered around the town where we were staying, Nyaungu. The streets were flooded here, the only way through was to swim or catch a boat. We decided on a boat, but were splashed so much by the locals we may as well have gone for ...
... scheduled to arrive in Nyaung U (Bagan) 14 - 15 hours later. It is 183 miles from Mandalay to Nyaung U - Seriously! Obviously, Myanmar is still in the 19th century when it comes to travel. Remember it took us 14 hours to go 432 miles from Yangon ...
... Khun had during the day. Ronald's axle broke on his bike rental and Khun could not email his press release due to the Myanmar government. Florence and Jerome just stayed for a Myanmar or Mandalay beer, but the rest of us went down the road to Hot Pot. ...
