27/03/2014 Woke up to a Carnival. Today was revolution day. The second I heard that I thought s***! This boat wants to be on still. The boat was coming at 5 and there was a big commission as to where it was going to come from. All the locals kept on telling us about the tourist boat which leaves in the morning. At 35 dollars we passed. We eventually found it. $9. It was basically a ferry come cargo ship with dozens of oil drums, filled not with oil, but ...

18/03/2014 Made it to Mandalay at 4:20 in the morn, a 10 hr ride. We jumped in the back of a pick up truck which are the taxis in Burma and told the geezer to take us to Yoe yoe lay guesthouse, a recommendation of the Israeli dude. All the street names are just numbers so it was real easy to find. An awesome air conned dorm at $10. We awoke to a killer breakfast of fresh fruit, toast, noodles, coffee and juice. Yes sir! Me and Jonas explored the town, and ...