June 2012
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A trip to Hua Hin (or Whore Hin as we soon...
Getting back to Thailand after Burma was a bit of an unpleasant experience, what a contrast! However, we had no choice but to hang around Bangkok while we waited for our Indian visas that took nearly two weeks to be processed.
We weren’t sure whether we would still be around for the arrival of the newlyweds but not having seen friends for so long and having missed The Big Day, we decided that we...
From boats and puppets at Inle Lake to bicycles...
Inle Lake and Bagan are probably Burma’s biggest attractions and many who come on short visits will often only visit these two sights with possibly Mandalay in between.
This is a shame, as although there’s no denying the appeal, they are without doubt, the most affected areas and there’s so much of ‘raw’ Burma out there and we found these parts more charming and appealing.
We started the final leg...
Politics in the Sticks
On our way to Inle Lake, one of the major tourist stops in Myanmar, we decided to stop for a night in a tiny town it’s probably safer not to name.
We arrived by train from Mandalay and quickly discovered we were the only travellers in the entire place. The walk from the station to the guesthouse was so quiet, tumbleweed rolling across the road would not have been out of place but it was so laid...
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Searing heat, silly hats and a bit of an uphill...
Little Britain Burma-style (Pyin Oo Lwin) was a strange town that reminded me more of the wild west than the quintessential, quiet, British hill station we’d been expecting. Horses and very rickety carriages dominated the streets but it was still a dusty and busy place.
I led Emily-Ann and Dave on a walking tour and hidden outside of the main town were some very old and beautiful colonial...
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Two become three for a touch of Taungoo, train...
With southern Burma under our belts it was time to go to up north.
We also arranged to meet up with fellow journo and Brightonian, Emily-Ann who we’d hooked up with previously in Bangkok.
Having randomly met up in an internet café where we’d gone to email each other, we soon headed to the train station to make the next day’s plans. You can travel the major routes by overnight buses in Burma,...
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