U Bein's bridge is the worlds longest teak bridge. (1300mttr) LP lists it as the No1 thing to do here "Join the dawn monk parade crossing the worlds longest teak bridge" I asked the girls at reception what time is best to get there and they said "leave here at 4.30". So this morning I downloaded some pics for you to look at and headed off at 4.30. It was only about 1/2km to the corner to get a motorbike taxi. The markets were starting to open, they were selling t...

Lets get it out of the way right now. I'm on the road to Mandalay. There you go I said it. Even though Rudyard Kipling wrote it he did not go to Mandalay. The only place in Burma that he went was Moulmein, down south near Hpa an where I was a couple of weeks ago. The taxi ride here was OK and he delivered me to the door. If I had taken the bus I would have had to pay more for a taxi from the bus station so it really was a good deal. The driver was delivering milk...