Month: November 2016

Our hotel in Nga­pa­li Beach is loca­ted direct­ly on the beach and by beach I mean that I can hear the sea from my room. That was the best we could have done. The first after­noon we start quiet­ly and just take a walk on the beach.

The­re we book a boat

After exact­ly one hour of sleep the alarm clock rings, becau­se today we con­ti­nue to Nga­pa­li Beach in Rha­ki­ne Sta­te. Of cour­se, a day in Myan­mar can­not begin wit­hout the seventh won­der of the world and so it is today. Our dri­ver from yes­ter­day brings back Mir­kos mobile

At the recep­ti­on in the hotel we meet a nice cou­ple, which is still unde­ci­ded whe­ther it should go to the bal­loon fes­ti­val tonight or not. Of cour­se we invi­te them to share the taxi with us. After all, $80 is a very expen­si­ve fun and I per­so­nal­ly would like to save something.

Today we have deci­ded to go on a bike tour. Around zero-eight-hundred we arri­ve at the recep­ti­on to take the bikes. After all, we don’t want to take the risk again of wal­king ins­tead of going on a bicy­cle tour. The fun beg­ins with the bicy­cle choice, it is simi­lar to the

The next stop of the boat trip is a small branch in the very south of the lake. The­re is a restau­rant, lunch, a very old cha­pel and a thousand year old stu­pas to admi­re. The place here is cal­led Ind­ein and nest­les idyl­li­cal­ly against a moun­tain range.

It takes quite a while

In the small tri­bu­t­a­ries and canals of the lake the­re is ever­y­thing you need. We visit a wea­ving mill, a blacksmith, an umbrel­la maker, a cigar maker and a boat buil­der. Of cour­se they are pre­pared for tou­rists and whe­re­ver we stop we get a litt­le gui­ded tour and then

Next stop is a pago­da in the midd­le of the lake inclu­ding the mar­ket around it. But until we can actual­ly get off the­re we have to be pati­ent. We push our way through pro­ba­b­ly 20 wai­ting boats and have to cross 3 more boats on foot to get ashore. It’s like a