Awoke to the news of the cowardly terrorists attacks in Paris, awful!! Paris is my favourite city in the whole world and it is so sad to watch them suffer once again. Makes one think about travel over to Europe, which I love doing. Can't let these b..... beat us. Had brekky with Ken, Bob and Kerry. Due to our common love of travel Paris was the topic of conversation. Baz and Trio had already left for the airport earlier. I was the last to check out at 8:30am. Tot...

On our last day in Yangon, Bob, Kerry and I hit the streets on foot. Due mainly to its colonial past Yangon is an interesting place architecturally, especially around the city centre. Sadly a lot of the old buildings are being knocked down to make way for concrete and glass monsters. I suspect they one day they'll regret having destroyed a lot of the character of the place, however we've all done it regardless of what colonial country you're from. Some of the nic...

Felt like jumping on a bike this morning but that part of the tour is over sadly. Brekky on the seventh floor was nothing to write about, still haven't had a Burmese coffee and have not missed it at all. First stop was the Shwedagon Pagoda, a massive structure 326ft (99.36m) high sitting on the top of a 199ft hill. The top terrace covers an area of 14 acres (6 hectares). The site dates back to 600BC. The terrace contains 1,000 of relics, Buddhas, statues and shri...

84km, 28 to 33deg, fine with scattered cloud. After clearing the busy city of Bago we got onto a much quieter road, a handmade rough jobie. Although our bottoms got a workout we didn't mind as it was really interesting ride. The countryside was wet and low and a combination of rice paddies and fish farms, mostly paddies. It seemed to go on forever, as it turned out it was about 100km before we reached the other side. Accompanying the paddy fields and ponds were c...

95km, 28 to 36deg, cloud patches but fine. Breakfast of eggs, toast and tea/coffee was served up in a very grand looking dining area with fine furniture. The guides decided to bus us to a market-town about 20 minutes from the hotel and we spent an interesting half hour wandering around. The walk through the fresh/dried fish and meat areas really assaulted the senses. Nobody stopped for a snack, especially the two vegetarians who are with us. It was then onto the ...