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I’m glad you both made it out. What an ordeal!
4 years agoP.S. The timing of that ride .. Lucky Lellman!
4 years agoYour description made the frustration and absurdity of the experience so uncomfortably palpable.
Thankfully these 2 time-wasting and incompetent weasels did not break you down, and you were still able to end this post recognizing that most people in Myanmar are wonderful, kind, and generous.
This tangled mess actually looks pretty tidy next to your experience in Myanmar Immigration.
4 years agoHoly shit! (I'm sorry, but I feel profanity is appropriate here.)
That's a day from Hell. Love your combined narrative .. and the video, Aaauuuugh!
So glad that guy with the truck was there to give you a ride, awful as it was to sit in the back of a truck through the rough construction zone. And relieved that he took you on to Myawaddy.
What a weird experience with the guest houses in Kawkareik ..
Mike,
Even if I had known about your front teeth being knocked out when you were 8 years old it never would have crossed my mind while negotiating that bridge. But thanks for your unique insight.
Ha, that’s the LAST thing I would have wanted! Thanks for coming along with us, Richie.
4 years agoSister city to Schitt's Creek?
4 years agoOh. I see. Must be a Trump screw driver.
4 years agoI bet that screwdriver was made in China
4 years agoCan't believe that Bruce would not carry you and your bike across the "bridge of danger" with the open slats. You two amaze me. Love reading your blog and looking at the photos.
Richie
I had no idea, or forgot long ago, that Pablo Neruda was Chile "honorary consul" in Yangon 1927 to 1928. According to his writing, Neruda spent most of his time in Yangon living on what was then Dalhousie Street (today, Mahabandoola Road). (https://www.irrawaddy.com/culture/nerudas-burmese-days.html)
4 years agoSo, built for tanks and ATVs. Unless this is stage 1 of a 4 or 5 stage process of pouring finer categories of gravel, then packed sand, then ...
4 years agoI've never encountered this type of temple architecture before either and I've been to a lot of places in Myanmar. I think this means it must be Mon architecture since Mawlamyine is in the Mon state. The Mon were some of the first people in Myanmar, a very ancient people. I'd guess these wooden structures to be no more than 200 years old. Wood just doesn't last too long in this climate even if it is teak. This particular structure looks like at least the outside was refurbished not too terribly long ago.
4 years ago
That's definitely a smile that will shine through the ridiculosity of the immigrations office experience!
4 years ago