Don't forget your brolly - Melting in Myanmar (Part 1)

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August 30th 2016

Published: September 7th 2016

Time to continue on with my Asian tales write ups, although I've been a bit slow at getting around to them, I'll get them done evenutally. After leaving HK I flew to Bangkok for a few days to meet up with a friend for some more travels. I’d been to Bangkok many years ago and was left undecided about the place, so I thought a second chance was in order and also I would be spending some time with ... Read Full Entry

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Faded glory

Hopefully the locals like the old buildings and will try to preserve them now the country is on the up.

Bananas!

Yangon City Hall

If you look carefully to the left, you can see the top of the Sule pagoda poking out

The former High Court building

Another offical looking building

At least some of the buildings have been looked after

I'm all for trees in cities

but preferably not in the buildings themselves.

It's a fixer upper

Your average Yangon street

The climate out there certainly takes its toll on the buildings.

The monsoon begins

Finally the weather broke and the rains came, quite spectacularly

Welcome to Heho!

I think my most favourite airport name ever, it's just fun to say.

Sunset in the Shan state

In the town of Nyaungshwe, they do a very good sunset in Myanmar.

The only way to travel

The trishaws of Nyaungshwe were a fun way to get around, called trishaws as they actually carry two passengers back to back.

Need a ride?

We set off on our Inle lake day trip, umbrellas provided!

Inle Lake

Famous for the bamboo stilt houses

Leg rowing locals

Although not quite captured in the photo, the Intha people have a strange leg rowing technique while they fish.

Let's hope you don't sleepwalk

you might get wet pajamas

Heading up stream

They built little steps in the river to change the water levels, it was good fun jumping upstream

Extreme engineering

The sturdy looking bridge in Inthein village.

Going up

The many steps up to the Shwe Inn Thein Paya

Stupa stupa

The Shwe Inn Thein Paya , only1054 zedi (stupas) there, I didn't quite get round to counting them all.

They've got red ones, white ones, brown ones...

Stupa stupa...

22nd September 2016

Mrs S heila Carney
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Mary what a wonderful days you had in Hong Kong . The photos were fantastic and I wonder what Brian would think of Happy Valley my goodness it has all changed since I was there. I look forward to the section of your trip. See you soon love Sheila.
I don't what has happen but part of the hong kong comment has come up. Well I have enjoyed reading your next part of your adventure and look forward to the next instalment, you will never complain about the tempertures here, your photos are amazing but I was sorry not to see one of you with an umbrella love Sheila

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