Today we woke lazily around nine and headed downstairs. The hostel was getting things prepared for the first day of the Songkran Water Festival tomorrow so there were barrels being filled with water and tables put out side. We still had one day to kill before our flight so decided to have a little wander before spending the morning chilling out. The afternoon again was pretty uneventful and I took the opportunity to catch up with the blogs which seem to be tak...

This morning we were up and out of the door by around 8:15am to get our train tickets to Chiang Mai. Laura thanked the hostel ladies and said we would likely see them again soon... we had no idea then it would much sooner than we thought. On arriving at the train station there were a lot of people milling around waiting for trains. I confidently strolled up to the ticket office, smiling, to then be told all the 3rd class tickets had been sold. Me and Laura looke...

The room was so stuffy when we woke up to the aroma of unwashed clothes and stale beer that normally follows unhygienic men. I escaped as soon as possible downstairs to make a cup of coffee and breathe some fresh air.... Well more humid then anything but fresh all the same. You forget how humid it is in Bangkok compared to the dry, intense heat of Burma. Just sitting out of air conditioning for five minutes made me feel the sweat forming on my brow. I was more ...

So it was our last morning in Burma, it would be sad to leave but we both knew expense prevented us from staying longer. We met up with Kratos outside and enjoyed breakfast in the already quite stifling heat. Zdenek eventually joined us being fashionably late as always. Before our departure from Mandalay airport we wanted to stop off at the U Bein Bridge, one of Mandalay's premier tourist attractions. The bridge is officially the world's longest teak wood bridge ...

Today we were relatively fresh from our sleep... Steven had passed out within minutes of hitting the sack but unfortunately we were sharing the dorm with some excitable Canadian girls, who were heading to Bali at 3am. Therefore they all showered at midnight and sat chatting excitedly before leaving in the early ours of the morning... When I could eventually sleep. Steven went downstairs and had some noodles while I got dressed then after a coffee we headed out....