Hmm the night bus to Bagan, how to sum it up?? I guess if you imagine trying to spend and sleep 7 hours on a busy tube with a bunch of scouse drunks screeching to each other from one end of the carriage to the other then that's probably not too far off. The journey was just horrendous the air con was so cold that people were in hats and winter coats, we seemed to stop every few minutes for some reason or other. But thank god at about 3.30am(!) we arrived at the b...

The bus journey down to the Inle Lake area was as windy as a road can get so no sleep was had and added to this the girl sat behind me was being continuously sick for about 2 hours. I started getting paranoid she'd miss her plastic bag and it would under my seat, luckily that didn't happen. But at 4.30am we arrived in the small town of Nyaung Shwe and instantly bundled into the back of a tuk tuk and asked to pay the $10 entry fee for the Inle Lake zone, all a bit...

And Mandalay here we arrive at 6.30am and more conveniently a five minute walk away from the hotel, which I don't think pleased the 10 or so taxi drivers hoping for a job. First impressions? Well, we were dropped off by the train station so the area is like any other inner city train station, teeming with people already. We had an absolute result at the Taw Win Myanmar Hotel as they were able to check us straight into our room which was, after being in hostels,...

After a standard flight (not that I'd want anything out of the ordinary to happen!) I made it to Myanmar (Burma) and it was a breeze going through passport control. Didn't need to prove a flight out if the country so may make purchase had all be in vain. Found two guys to share a taxi with, then Laura made it through customs and we were reunited for our adventure. The guys kindly didn't wait for us whilst we went to find a working ATM but I managed to barter the ...