Yet another early start to catch the flight to Mandalay at 8:00 am. The flight was barely up before coming down again. Mandalay airport (international no less) seems a bit of an overkill with air bridges etc. but not for our little Fokker. It is a long drive into the city. The driver wasn't bad until he got into the urban area then he changed from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde (or is it the other way around) and commenced to overtake into oncoming traffic and push mot...

Ahh nother early start, this time to get going on the sightseeing before it got too hot. We had an excellent guide today who made the day very interesting. We now know a lot about stupa construction and how to tell the age of a Buddha statue from the 11th through to the 19th century. We both agreed that, as a tourist destination, Bagan falls a long way behind Angkor Wat in Cambodia. This is partly because of the building materials they had to work with. At ...

Ahh nother early start, this time to get going on the sightseeing before it got too hot. We had an excellent guide today who made the day very interesting. We now know a lot about stupa construction and how to tell the age of a Buddha statue from the 11th through to the 19th century. We both agreed that, as a tourist destination, Bagan falls a long way behind Angkor Wat in Cambodia. This is partly because of the building materials they had to work with. At Angkor...

A rude awakening at 3:45 am for bed tea and a scramble to leave for the airport at 4:30. Great run through the city as very little traffic was about. A trend seems to be emerging with these early starts. Clive calls it Cheryl's Boot Camp Tour. The domestic terminal at the airport could not have been more unlike the international. It seems that all flights depart within the same half hour period to anywhere within the country so there is an amazing crush of (mainl...

A rude awakening at 3:45 am for bed tea and a scramble to leave for the airport at 4:30. Great run through the city as very few about. A trend seems to be emerging with these early starts. Clive calls it Cheryl's Boot Camp Tour. The domestic terminal at the airport could not have been more unlike the international. It seems that all flights depart within the same half hour period to anywhere within the country so there is an amazing crush of mainly foreign pa...