HarryTheDirtyDog

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Geo: 21.1726, 94.8615Myanmar is a country with many puppys and pagodas. We are travelling in a group, four bikers from Jindabyne and us. We have a driver, a government assigned minder and our Tour Guide who is Burmese but speaks English just like Forest Gump. He is hilarious, very knowledgeable and a heck of a nice guy. We are staying in hotels pre booked for us, we follow the support minibus, our guide gives us tips like take sunscreen and flyspray and don't have to put in too much of anything really.The country is very beautiful and a pleasant change to what we experienced in India.... read more

Geo: 24.4975, 93.7779We decided that we would like to see the living root bridges and they were just down the road a bit, so off we went. Parked then walked down the path of 50 million steps.. well at least 600steps. Ant it was great, fantastic to see and climb on although a little springy. Then the 50 millions steps back up to the car. My butt looks great now.Back into the car and off towards Shilong to then head out East towards Imphal for an easy 400km drive….. 3 days later we arrived in Imphal. I thought we had already driven some really crap road until we started on National Highway 44 and 37. I guess the area was in conflict for a long time so the roads suffered… or should I say the pot ... read more

Geo: 26.6952, 89.2815We stayed the night at Madari Hutin a guest house, we took a room only for a shower and slept in the roof toptent. Whilst there a Brit and aNepalese arrived and, the Brit was filming a walking expedition starting inAfghanistan and ending in Bhutan for the Discovery Channel. They also were in the same exit of Nepal convoy, so it would seem that when the show airs this footage may make it into the final edit.Lev (the Brit) hada few good tails and the one about a car crash in Nepal was particularly scary.Lisa brought the topic up of how dangerous some of the road were and Lev thentold the story of how during a filming scoping activity the vehicle they werein suffered brake failure on a downhill section in upper Eastern Nepal…. ... read more

Geo: 27.7029, 85.3182It would be nice to start off this blog with it's the same old Kathmandu but it is just not the case. For some reason many of the old cultural icons have been destroyed and the new ugly concrete monstrosities were untouched. I guess that speaks volumes for reinforcing rods and concrete. We have been wandering around for two days whilst waiting for our Myanmar visas and the mood is very different. The Nepalese people are famous for being very friendly, warm and welcoming. Sadly, this just is not the case this time. This is probably not helped by the fact that the fuel crisis is making the country quite miserable for the locals and the occasional tourists. The Bandas (politically motivated road blocks) cease the movement of all other goods. Everything is getting ... read more