On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Alternatively, are there any silklisters about things to see or do while in > Myanmar? Our basic plan is to land in Yangon, spend a very small amount of > time there, then make our way overland to the Inle Lake area and then to > Bagan. Am hoping to take the "slow train" for some of the journey, and > busses and boats for other parts. > > > I did pretty much the same thing. Got a visa in Bangkok. Spent a day or so in Yangon - and chunks of time in Bagan and on Lake Inle. Stayed in a b&b in Bagan - and hired a car / driver for that stay. There's simply no other way to get to see everything that's there. There are thousands of temples. And darn it if all of them actually seem worth stopping at to see and take pictures. Stayed on the water in a stilt-room at Lake Inle. Hired a boat, spent lots of time on the water going to temples and markets. You get sunburnt easily in both places. As Vonnegut apparently said, take sunscreen. And yes, it's a load of fun.
