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Hired bikes for the 5km ride out to The Red Mountain Estate vineyard. A very colourful day with plenty of red and white (wine). The pedal home was surprisingly easy.

From Nyaung Shwe, we took a traditional wooden longboat for a day trip on Inle Lake. A truly wonderful day out, seeing some of the cultural side of Myanmar life. Standing on the 2 foot thick floating garden, where tomato plants are grown was great and gave us the opportunity to wash all of the…

A nice couple of days sightseeing around Bagan. Had to hire a E-bike as the 2,200 Pagodas, monasteries and temples, were too widely spread out to cover on foot. A nice easy climb to the monastery at the top of Mt. Popa, a breeze at only 777 steps.

For a change instead of travelling by road or rail, we chose to cruise from Mandalay to Bagan. Not the sort of cruise we are accustom to, but a very relaxing 11 hour trip down the river with the company of a fellow Englishman, David.

Clearly from this sign displayed in a public toilet in Mandalay, they know that Tania is now accustomed to using a squat toilet and needs reminding about correct toilet etiquette.

With the UK now out of the EU perhaps you will be seeing more bananas this shape on the supermarket shelves.

This evening we went to watch the sunset over the longest teak bridge in the world. U Bein Bridge is located in Amarapura, about 10 km outside Mandalay. It is 1.2 km in length and crosses Taungthaman Lake. 

Our time in India 2 (North Eastern India) was broken down as follows:- 15 nights in 9 different beds. 6.5 hours travelling by train. 34 hours travelling by shared jeep. 4 hours trekking on foot. 3.25 hours travelling by minivan. 960 miles approximately covered. 12 mosquito bites. 2 pairs of gloves bought. 2 hats bought….

Bought these sweets for the journey only to find out they are chewing gum 😂