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April 1st 2006

Published: April 11th 2006

After leaving Yangon we spent one day in Mandalay and then got to Inle Lake. Two night buses in three days was pretty masochistic of us, but it all worked out allright. The best thing about night buses is that they are cheap and when you arrive somewhere dead tired at 4:30 AM the people at guesthouses are very cool and have a check in time something ridiculous like 4 or 5 AM so you can have a cou... Read Full Entry

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Hey whitey

White is beautiful here and all the skin creams promise skin whitening power. I try to convince them that we're busy giving ourselves cancer and wrinkles to look just like them but they seen unconvinced

Starting the trek

See that peak just to the right of the center of the picture? Keep that in mind for reference of how far we walked

We be trekkin'

Hilltribe kids

They know "Hello" and "Bye bye" but not "postcards" "money" or "bon bon"! It's so nice! Notice the baby with the knife, I estimate the percentage of babies in the hills of Asia armed with knives to be around 50%

Hilltribe woman and baby

A Burmese reticulated python!!!

It's dead and it's a baby, but its a Burmese reticulated python.

Scenery

Kids hamming it up

I think they were laughing at me because I was almost dead

Waiting for dinner with the family

Our homestay

that mountain right above and behind the house is the same peak from the other reference picture! We walked something like 15k that day

Steamy dinner

Homestay family going off to market

Burmese kittens

our source of entertainment

Bamboo mat beds

Village

This village was burned down by the government a year or two ago, fortunately passed on the landmines (too near tourists) so they built it up again

Goldfish eating lunch

Almost home!

On the boat back to Nyaung Shwe

Somewhere during the time in Burma

my iPod sustained an injury to the screen :( still works though

Bike ride

Burma wins hands down for scariest signs ever

If you can't read it the sign says : Please provide necessary assistance to the international travelers. I don't know what they put the scary signs in English, too.

eating at the Aroma

our favorite restaurant

24th April 2006

stickyrice
Sitt

Hey Kate!
On behalf of all Aussies, we feign offence at any suggestion that the target of our excavation activities is influenced by the American hegemony! The (land) area of China is 9,326,410 sq. kms while the area of the UK is 241,590 sq. kms. The reason we try to dig our way to China is purely because we tend to be a fairly imprecise lot (did you see the 2000 Olympics opening ceremony?) and have a much better chance of actually hitting China. And because we like a good pork bun. Good to see you had a blast around Burma :) Relish the last leg of your trip!

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