Blogs from Bagan, Mandalay Region, Burma, Asia - page 15

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La gentillesse birmane n'est pas une legende Le transit en Thailande avant la Birmanie Apres 1,5 mois au Vietnam, j'ai decide a la derniere minute de visiter la Birmanie, pays dont beaucoup de choses m'interessent. J'ai d'abord passe quelques jours a Bangkok avant de m'envoler pour la Birmanie. Pour le peu que j'ai vu de Bangkok, je n'ai pas trop aime cette ville car j'ai trouve cette ville trop "occupee" et denudee de charme. Les gens dans les rues touristiques sont assez agressifs et les touristes qui se trouvent sont droit ceux que j'essaie d'eviter car ils sont la pour boire des bieres sans s'interesser au moindre a la Thailande. Par contre, loin des quartiers touristiques les gens sont quand meme bien plus sympathiques, tout comme dans les villes plus petites. Je suis partie tres ... read more

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Myself and my 3 friends flew Air Bagan from Bangkok to Yangon on a nearly empty A-310, where I was the only white person! This is a new airline in Burma that just launched international flights, one per day!, to bangkok. There was almost noone in the "foreigners" immigration line at Yangon airport. We paid for most of our flights in advance (well, brian paid for mine, i still owe him money!) because of the cash issue I discussed previously. at the airport the exchange rate is $1 = 450 kyats. This is the official gov't rate. Luckily we knew better than to change money there, and we found a nice taxi driver who took us to a sketchy little building, someone's house, to change money at the real rate, $1 - 1250 kyats. The taxi ... read more

BAgan, July 20th southeasterly wind. locusts call from the sprigs of trees patched between the barren fields, the flat plain erupts in odd little mountains, as if the fields had mustered all of their collective strength and popped up these random peaks of the same color. when the swallows retire the bats come alight though the sprinting wind has already displaced any airborn insect. the portals of each little mountain yawn with the stretching of the days light. these black pores dot the horizon below their respective earthen spires of which time will wash away to the soil from which they came- to have another go at the nurturing of corn, beans, and sprouts of all types. Temple Philosophy Leaning against a 9,000 yr old structure is humbling. they made pretty darn good bricks back then. ... read more