To get there I went to get a trishaw but they didn't understand "Shwedagon" I walked back into my hotel and got someone to write it down. They told me I cant take trishaw there cos they not allowed in the area. I went back to the trishaw riders and showed them and one said "Shweeeedago" I said "you F ing ****** you said nearly the same as me and you don't understand me?" We are talking about the NO1 sight in all Myanmar, everyone who comes here goes there. Some o...

Well I really am on the way home now. The trip on the bus was one of the easiest I have done here. There were only 2 westerners on the bus and they sat me next to the girl from Belgium. I had to explain the couple of stops we made but otherwise she slept most of the way. I managed to get a couple of hours. We arrived at the bus station at about 4am and the usual scrum of taxi drivers greeted us. I negotiated for both of us to go to Motherland, where she is stayin...

Im back in Yangon again and I did a walk around today and I can put some names to the buildings. I did a couple of loops, one round the old colonial section and one through china town and little india. China town smells like poo, little india smells like curried poo. I really love the old colonial architecture here. I gotta catch a train to Thazi this arvo then try to get to Inle Lake. I will go as far as I can on the train. Apparently the train from Thazi to Ka...