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We left Yangon with the tour group on the 6am flight to Bagan.
A farming and craft town that harvests palm oil and teak, this place was totally geared up to tourists. with workshops hotels and restaurants everywhere, much like a rustic version of a strip on the costa del sol!
Our hotel, the new wave - had lovely clean rooms with soft white linen and a basic en suite.
It is now 2-5days in and I can give a full account of my fellow travellers;
Safe to say that I find the unhappy northen slash Australian an absolute p**** ... arrogant, self important and selfish, I would be happy if he left immediately. As it is, I've decided to ignore him for the reamaining ten days of the trip. thats proving to be hard as we are now on a 50sq ft boat for 2 full days. If worse comes to worse, I'll pull out the 'john lewis' line manager stuff on him, see how he copes OR annoy him with sarcastic quips and terrible Northern jokes.
The views from the Arawaddy are stunning and im so enjoying my deck chair in the sun, the breeze and the views. This is very similar to the nile cruise I did a few years ago with mum and dad.
Tonight, we sleep on top deck- very close to our fellow travellers. No snoring this trip so far from me, knowing my luck and( all the others), my first night grunt will be this evening.
Logging and fishing seem to be the two main trades on this river, but at the sides of the river, they farm corn and other vegetables as well as retrieve clay from the river for traditional pottery.
In these communities, not many of the men have the horrid tobacco stained teeth as they are so far removed from amentities that feed the habit.
The nights sleep on the boat was restless due to the very thin matress and surprising cold.
When I woke at 5:30, Louise and Hannah were already stood on deck star gazing. We watched dawn, had breakfast and relaxed until a rocky dissembarcation at 3pm.
We had arrived at Mandalay.
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