There are a lot of options when going from Bagan to Inle Lake ranging from private cars to local buses. We chose the middle "option" - a shared mini bus with the added luxury of being picked up at the hotel in the morning.
The bus was there at 8 AM, we got the past two seats and didn't have much space sharing the bus with some 12 other tourists and locals. We just had to go around town for the usual 20 minutes or so before heading out of town.
The roads in Myanmar are narrow and poorly maintained but with little traffic it didn't really matter and we made it through the country side only stopping a couple of times in small towns getting the attention of the usual crowd of women wanting to sell us drinks, food and fresh food. We had lunch in a small village once we got to the mountains just before Inle Lake and the town of Nyaungshwe where we had booked a room at Album Motel.
Making it over the narrow and twisted mountain road didn't take as long as feared but it was afternoon once we got to the entrance of town - and the usual office for tourist tax, this time only 12.500 Kyat per person. We were dropped off in front of our lovely motel, had our room a shower and realised that this place was perfect for us. Fairly new, big room, a nice place run big a family and very quiet.
We walked up the road and found the Green Chilli restaurant and had really good food and a couple of drinks to celebrate that we made it here. Let's see what we are up for tomorrow. Maybe just relaxing. Definitely no temples.
The bus was there at 8 AM, we got the past two seats and didn't have much space sharing the bus with some 12 other tourists and locals. We just had to go around town for the usual 20 minutes or so before heading out of town.
The roads in Myanmar are narrow and poorly maintained but with little traffic it didn't really matter and we made it through the country side only stopping a couple of times in small towns getting the attention of the usual crowd of women wanting to sell us drinks, food and fresh food. We had lunch in a small village once we got to the mountains just before Inle Lake and the town of Nyaungshwe where we had booked a room at Album Motel.
Making it over the narrow and twisted mountain road didn't take as long as feared but it was afternoon once we got to the entrance of town - and the usual office for tourist tax, this time only 12.500 Kyat per person. We were dropped off in front of our lovely motel, had our room a shower and realised that this place was perfect for us. Fairly new, big room, a nice place run big a family and very quiet.
We walked up the road and found the Green Chilli restaurant and had really good food and a couple of drinks to celebrate that we made it here. Let's see what we are up for tomorrow. Maybe just relaxing. Definitely no temples.
 |
| Early morning in Bagan |
 |
| Minibus is ready for us |
 |
| Morning stop in a small town |
 |
| Horse carriage - also a preferred means of transport in Myanmar |
 |
| We made it to Album Motel |
 |
| Banana palm tree outside our front door |
 |
| Hazy sunset |
 |
| Dinner? |
 |
| Aha - it is Motel Album |
Ingen kommentarer:
Send en kommentar