Day 218- We woke up and Lloyd wasn't burping up petrol any more and was feeling much better. Hurray! We got out early to avoid the water, we found a little place for breakfast and got some fruit salad and yoghurt and we handed in the bike and made it to the bus station with just a few splashes. We jumped on the bus and we were on the way back to Chaing Mai. We were dropped off outside the city so jumped in a songthaew (Thai pick-up truck style taxi). We arrived...

Day 214- Finally back into Yangon and our journey was still just beginning. The bus arrived into the station at around 5am and we then had to jump off and negotiate prices with the hoards of taxi drivers, after finally managing to get a half-decent price from one of them we were on our way to the airport. It was only 6am by this point and we still had 3 hours until check in, we were feeling pretty hungry so we dashed across the road and found a cheap restaurant...

Day 208- We arrived at a town a taxi ride away from Nyuangshwe which was annoying. There was 5 of us going in that direction so we all jumped in a taxi. The taxi stopped just before the town and told us we had to pay 5$, we were aware this would happen but still just as frustrating. The taxi took us round a few guesthouse's and we found a decent one and checked in. We were shattered and it was 6am so we decided to get a few hours sleep. We didn't end up waking...

Day 205- It was a very early morning to make sure we caught our transfer to the bus station and by half 5 we were down at reception waiting for our take-away breakfast. The early rise meant we were able to see some of the local monks receive their alms which was worth it in itself. On the bus we tucked into our breakfast to find a butter and jam sandwich with an egg on top, this wouldn't have been too much of a problem had my yolk not split and drizzled over ...

Day 203 - We managed to squeeze in breakfast before our 8:30am bus. The bus was air conditioned and only took about 7 hours so not too bad. We were dropped off in Mandalay at a bus station quite far out of the town centre. We hadn't booked any accommodation and there was a man advertising 'Fortune hotel' so we went with him, there was also a girl called Holly who came with us to the hotel. The hotel wasn't bad so we checked in and chilled out, the same man ...