Woke up at midday, check-out time. s***. Cursed myself for laziness and not setting an alarm. Missed the free breakfast as well. I hurriedly jammed all my s*** back into my backpack and left it at reception. Went out into the heat of the day to find some breakfast. Some backpackers were at a stand that was selling something like pancakes. "What's that?" I said to them, looking down over their shoulder. "Coconut pancakes. They're delicious." So I got some of the...

I flew into paper-dry Yangon around midday. Coming in to land, I could see the circular train wind its plodding way around the city like a toy. I had all the hotel, bus, flight, and money details already transcribed down onto a single piece of paper that would travel in my pocket for the length of the journey. A measly five days over Tet. The e-visa was a (fifty dollar) piece of cake. At arrivals the hotel driver was holding up a sign that said "Toyne Ephroms"....