Part 1 - Bangkok & Myanmar
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Part 1 - Bangkok & Myanmar
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Morning arrival at Mae Sot around 5.30 and only one person was going across the border and she was going to Hpa An. So we took a tuk tuk to the border and as I had no money left she had to pay. Then we had to walk in the rain across the friendship bridge and through customs and she told me how they drive on the right but have the steering wheel on right (the wrong side), we talked about this for a while as I thought they must have changed recently but it turns out they changed in the 70's and its just that they buy 2nd hand cars from Japan. We walked into town on the other side and stopped for breakfast in a place which had WiFi which turned out to be a rarity for the town. I went to a few bus places and none recognised the invoice I had so eventually I bought a new ticket to Yangon. I guess I learnt not to trust that things will just work out in the way I'm used to and I need to ask more questions next time. Bus was ok but not as good as the Thai one and I reset to Myanmar time which is 30 minutes behind Thailand. Stopped for lunch and I sat down and was given the worst dish I had ever seen if pretty much chicken bones although the sauce was quite nice on the rice, I also had to pay for the meal.
The bus was quiet to Hpa An and then an English woman who lives in Germany called Vanessa got on so I went to ask her a couple of questions and we ended up sitting together to Yangon and I'd like to thank her for her travel tips and company. Passed lots of gold temple structures on the way otherwise just lots of green trees fields and rivers. Arrived in Yangon early and the coach provided a shuttle bus to the railway station in town so I decided to catch the train a couple of stops, but it turned out the next one was 30 minutes away so I went outside and got a taxi to the hostel instead. Check in at the hostel was really slow, but they did upgrade me to a 4 bed dorm with no one else there which was good, there was no common room and I decided to have a shower and found that I had left my flip flops back at the previous hostel. So I went out and headed to what looked like a market on the map, but they only had food really so I wandered a bit to see the river and just in that short walk I was offered a taxi several times so it won't be hard finding taxis here all you need is just to walk around looking like a tourist. The hostel didn't really have much common space so I went to bed soon after as it was pretty late. Yesterdays question was what was the green button - below is the instructions showing that it was a massage on and off button, I used it and it was not that comfortable.
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