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Things start early here, presumably to avoid the heat of the day.  Last evening it was hotter than we expected for that time in the evening.  And today was a…

U Bein bridge is the longest teak bridge in the world and is 1.2km long.  For all that length it still only has 4 concrete piles. Most people put this on their…

After lunch we headed back out to the airport and had a painless 1.5 hr trip up to Mandalay.  At the airport we headed to the taxi counter and were…

This morning’s destination was the Shwedagon pagoda, the most important Buddhist site in Burma.  We knew it was a must see in Yangon, but had not anticipated how stunning it…

After lunch we walked to the railway station to find the Circle train. arriving at the station we were directed up and over a footbridge to get to platform 6.…

It was 4:30 am wake up for our taxi ride out to Bangkok airport; the driver drove at the speed of light so no delays there.  Then we got another…