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The morning breakfast order took ages to arrive because the guys in the kitchen forgot our order. After an hour we eventually querying where it was... they then quickly dispatched it. We tucked in washing it down with very sweet pineapple juice. We had to check out as we were leaving by overnight bus tonight so packed up our things and settled the bill with the guesthouse. We took the familiar walk towards town passing the locals going about their everyday business. We learnt a hotel in town offered wifi for free and we had unfinished business to attend to as Internet may be scarce once we depart Yangon.
We found the Panorama hotel in which the air conditioning hit you as soon as you walked in. We sat down and I enquired at reception about the Internet and the lady just gave me the password for free. Sarah tried it and found the connection was really good! Free wi-FI and air conditioning, was not bad at all. We had finally caught up with the blogs and managed to upload everything which took a massive weight off our minds. For lunch, I had read about a little South Indian food establishment which served dosai and thalis, two of our favourite dishes from southern India.
Using our tatty map as a guide, Sarah spotted the place which was packed with locals which is always a very good sign. We sat down and ordered a dosai and breads, they came out with a sauce which on tasting immediately reminded us of India... amazing. We saw other people eating thalis but it wasn't on the menu so we asked the owner and he brought me out some rice with the thali side dishes. Sarah and I shared it, the spices were so flavoursome it rivalled food we had in India, was that good. The overall bill was ridiculously cheap and was by far the best food we've had since arriving in Myanmar. Unfortunately time was ticking on and we needed to get back to our guesthouse. We stopped by the supermarket and bought some Myanmar baked goods, such as a tuna rolls of all things, they were Asian style so don't count as western by the way!
We walked back through the heat with the feeling of sweat starting to seep through the back of my shirt. Before leaving we ordered an ice cold, refreshing lime juice which went down far too well. Ordering our taxi was a little stressful as they were overcharging us due an apparent traffic jam.... though Sarah politely said 'this is Asia... there's always traffic jams!' to which a lovely chap agreed to take us for the right price.
The taxi ride took an hour with a slight traffic jam but nothing severe. We saw some sites such as a man relaxing in the bucket of his digger. Occasionally through the trees you would spot a beautiful pagoda or a Buddha statue rising on the horizon. We approached the bus station which was utter chaos to say the least. Probably in the region of 500 buses and coaches, some a little worse for wear. The taxi driver dropped us off in the chaos and a nice gentleman pointed us in the direction of our designated bus office. We arrived and checked in but were obviously on 'Myanmar time' as it took them ages to let us on.
The bus was actually very spacious and we sat next to two monks, which is pretty normal to us now. We kept offering to share of our peanut brittle to which they laughed and declined. We even got given a bottle water and a pack of toiletries, you don't even get that at home on buses. After a brief delay we headed off into the darkness of Yangon and headed up north. The chairs were comfortable and we thought sleep would be possible except for the television at the front playing a Myanmar movie on the highest volume possible. We were in for an interesting night.........
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