#9--The Slow boat to Bagan
July 4th 2007 7/4/07 Happy Fourth of July!
I am writing this journal on a slow boat (15 hours) to the ruins of Bagan. We wanted to take the slow boat to soak in the country-side and experience village scenes. The boat travels the mighty Ayeyarwady River--the life blood of Burma. The scenery has been spectacular; very flat grasslands with lots of greens and yellows (and brown including the river water).
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