It's not often you get to charter your own boat, it wasn't exactly luxury but there was plenty of legroom and on board drinks, well a bottle of water in case we got thirsty. The best thing was though that it was our boat, this meant we could choose when it left and go at our own pace. To reduce the cost a little we travelled with Cushla our new kiwi friend. It worked out to be $20 each, expensive by Burmese standards but cheap overall. As we pulled away from Hp...

The Soe Brothers hostel came highly recommended, not only for somewhere to stay but also because they offer excellent tours. At $5 each they offered a full days tour of Hap-an and the surrounding countryside. What a bargain! As we boarded our six person Tuk Tuk and made our way out of town. The road conditions got worse and worse, as we bumped and banged our way across pot hole laden tracks we wondered what we'd got ourselves into. We were extremely great full t...