You might have to bare with me it has been a looong day. I am in Hsipaw, say si por, or here in a different dialect ti bor. The bus from Nyaungshwe to Hsipaw cost me 17,000k ($17) including tuk tuk to the bus stop. The bus stop is about 20 min drive from town at and intersection. There are all sorts of shops and bus stands there and no one speaks English. Lucky I had my ticket so I just showed it around. The bus was 1/2hr late arriving, I don't know where it st...

I have been trying to find a couple of people to share with for the trip on the lake with not much luck. This morning I met a couple of Taiwanese girls who were willing to share. When we got to their boat the driver wanted an extra 3000 and I had to sit on the floor. That wasn't going to happen so I told them to go and I would get a boat. Five minutes walk up the road and a boatman approached me offering a boat for 15,000K. I checked he was going to all the place...

I got lucky and the hotel I am staying in is really nice. $15 per night including breakfast and veeerrryyy low internet. I walked around town this morning and I think I can name the buildings in the pics but some may be wrong. Everything here is so cheap. Accommodation is overpriced for what you get but everything else is cheap. Lunch yesterday was chicken curry and rice and 1ltr water for $1.30. Dinner was something and rice and bottle of soda at $1.40. The mark...

It has been an epic trip to get here. I could have done it easier on a bus but I wanted the train. Yangon to Shwenyaung for Nyaungshwe and the Inle lake. I tried to book the tickets in Yangon a few days ago and they said I could only book them 3 days in advance. (this is at the ticket office at the train station) I came back a few days later to book for tomorrow and they said come back tomorrow. Eventually I booked 5hr before the train was to leave. I could only ...

Im back in Yangon again and I did a walk around today and I can put some names to the buildings. I did a couple of loops, one round the old colonial section and one through china town and little india. China town smells like poo, little india smells like curried poo. I really love the old colonial architecture here. I gotta catch a train to Thazi this arvo then try to get to Inle Lake. I will go as far as I can on the train. Apparently the train from Thazi to Ka...