We travelled to Inle Lake from Bagan on one of the smaller propeller planes and arrived just before lunch time. The first thing we noticed was that the temperature was considerably cooler than Bagan and this was a welcome change from the sweltering heat. We took a taxi to our Hotel, which again was another good find by Lærke, and spent the afternoon relaxing and having lunch in town. At 4pm we took a taxi to the Light Festival which is a religious festival tha...

The 10 hour boat journey from Mandalay to Bagan was a little boring compared to the Battambang trip but luckily we had Esben's sister Lærke and her friend Emil to entertain us! We whiled away the hours chatting, reading and drinking beer. When we finally arrived at the boat dock we had the usual wave of taxi drivers coming to rip us off and as we had no idea how much a taxi should cost we had to just go for it. The hotel was much nicer than our Mandalay choice...

After a lovely few days in Bangkok bagging some bargains and seeing a few sites we made our may to Mandalay in Myanmar. We arrived at the airport at lunch time and took the free Air Asia shuttle bus into town. We arrived at our hotel which was basic but clean (expensive compared to the value we had got in other Asian countries) and had lunch on the top floor. After lunch we took a taxi around the huge Palace walls in the centre of the city. They measure 3km on ...