Myanmar adventures
Good flights from Sydney. Three hour wait in Bangkok but the view of the sunset as we took off was amazing. After not seeing a good sunset because of all the smoke it was a refreshing change.
Driver was at airport to meet me. Only problem there was not getting money from ATM! Luckily I had some US dollars and changed some of those. Airport looked very new and fancy. Roads were 3 lanes each way, smooth and running well – not the dirt tracks I was expecting! Although it was dark the old and new buildings side-by-side were light years away from each other.
As we drove up to the hotel the outside did not give me a good feeling about the inside! I’m glad to say inside it was spacious and clean!
Made my way through the streets, feel very safe here, to a meeting point for a tour which took in a walk to the cathedral, where all the brickwork is painted, and then a journey on a local train.
It was fascinating! Think of the most obscure thing you can and I bet it came on the train! There were even 2 wardrobes in the aisle at one time and one little boy used the mirror to check his hairstyle out! So many different food items were being sold by the ‘merchants’ on the train – fancy a snack, dozen eggs, beetle nut leaf, cigarettes etc you’ve got it!
There were a few police in uniform which appeared to have flip flops as part of it but it was the guns, rifles – not being a weapons expert I’m not sure what you would call them!
The women make a type of sunscreen from a type of wood which is ground down and mixed with water to a paste. It is yellow on their face and they often paint it in to patterns on the faces. After 1.5 hours we got off the train – it goes very slowly because of the narrow gauge. A new line is being built. We visited the most amazing fresh fruit and veg market. The produce looked so good and I have never seen so many chili’s in my life!
Back on the train, less crowded for another 1.5 hours to get back to the centre of Yangon. Unfortunately the people throw their rubbish out of the window of the train which is worrying as the centre of the city is very clean.
Good flights from Sydney. Three hour wait in Bangkok but the view of the sunset as we took off was amazing. After not seeing a good sunset because of all the smoke it was a refreshing change.
Driver was at airport to meet me. Only problem there was not getting money from ATM! Luckily I had some US dollars and changed some of those. Airport looked very new and fancy. Roads were 3 lanes each way, smooth and running well – not the dirt tracks I was expecting! Although it was dark the old and new buildings side-by-side were light years away from each other.
As we drove up to the hotel the outside did not give me a good feeling about the inside! I’m glad to say inside it was spacious and clean!
Made my way through the streets, feel very safe here, to a meeting point for a tour which took in a walk to the cathedral, where all the brickwork is painted, and then a journey on a local train.
It was fascinating! Think of the most obscure thing you can and I bet it came on the train! There were even 2 wardrobes in the aisle at one time and one little boy used the mirror to check his hairstyle out! So many different food items were being sold by the ‘merchants’ on the train – fancy a snack, dozen eggs, beetle nut leaf, cigarettes etc you’ve got it!
There were a few police in uniform which appeared to have flip flops as part of it but it was the guns, rifles – not being a weapons expert I’m not sure what you would call them!
The women make a type of sunscreen from a type of wood which is ground down and mixed with water to a paste. It is yellow on their face and they often paint it in to patterns on the faces. After 1.5 hours we got off the train – it goes very slowly because of the narrow gauge. A new line is being built. We visited the most amazing fresh fruit and veg market. The produce looked so good and I have never seen so many chili’s in my life!
Back on the train, less crowded for another 1.5 hours to get back to the centre of Yangon. Unfortunately the people throw their rubbish out of the window of the train which is worrying as the centre of the city is very clean.
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