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I will cheat you and you will like it!

Jun 14, 2012 by Daniel McBane Leave a Comment

Hopin Station Myanmar
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

I didn’t have a flashlight and my friend’s was dying, so we decided to just lay down where we were. Not that we had any other options. It was a little after 3am and nothing was open even if we had been able to see it. We felt around for an area that didn’t give [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Myanmar, train, transportation, Burma, scams

A Burmese Train — Seeing Myanmar in Slow Motion

Jun 11, 2012 by Daniel McBane Leave a Comment

Burmese Tracks
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

First of all, it was hot. The temperature outside was around 40 degrees Celsius and it felt like twice that in the cramped car. We were near a window so we figured we would get a nice breeze once the train started moving. We didn’t realize that the train would never really start moving. It [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: train, transportation, Burma, Myanmar

Welcome to Shwebo Mr. ATM

Jun 7, 2012 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Bus Mandalay Myanmar
This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

The next two hours were pretty uneventful and even relatively pain free, since my knee caps had been thoroughly liquefied by this point. We did pass a road construction site on the way and had to wait for a bit as a group of slaves broke up rocks with hammers and placed them into [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: bus, Myanmar, train, transportation, Burma, scams

Arrival in Mandalay

Jun 4, 2012 by Daniel McBane Leave a Comment

Downtown Mandalay in Myanmar
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

Once at the station, we boarded our bus to Mandalay and it actually was quite luxurious compared to the one we were just on and just about every other bus I would ride for the next month. The main perk you get when you pay more money is one seat per person and the fact [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: bus, Myanmar, Mandalay, transportation, Burma

Mitsubishi Pajero – Finally A Ride For Wankers

Jun 1, 2012 by Daniel McBane Leave a Comment

Mitsubishi Pajero

pajero {m} [Spa.] [vulg.] = wanker {noun} [Brit.] [vulg.] (http://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish-english/pajero) A famous case of an unfortunate choice in product names. Apparently these things were all dumped in Myanmar—they’re everywhere here. I found this one on the streets of Yangon. You might not be able to buy the real thing in the west anymore, but they […]

Filed Under: Funny Photos, Myanmar Tagged With: Yangon, Burma, Myanmar, Mitsubishi Pajero, funny image

Leaving Yangon for Indawgyi Lake

May 31, 2012 by Daniel McBane 2 Comments

Yangon Bus
This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

I arrived at the airport in Yangon never having heard of Indawgyi Lake. In fact, I had no idea whatsoever where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do or see during my month in Myanmar. I figured I would start by taking a taxi downtown and finding a place to [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: bus, Myanmar, train, transportation, Burma

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