Thoughts.Perceptions: Myanmar Memories ♥

Its very random that suddenly i thought of blogging about Myanmar trip last july

Clearing some of my debts, its an overdued post

But a post worth writing, this im sure of =)

But it will be a little messy, because there are too many pictures and places, hopefully its alright ;)

Left LCCT at approx 6pm and reached Yangon International Airport at 8 pluss

My initial thought is that: Check in check in

But apparently the wifi there is limited. And so i thought i need to call back

But there's no line. Omg. im so doomed

First picture in the airport while waiting for the guide to pick us up

Back to the hotel, called back home at the rate of USD 4 for 1 minute omg

But i should be grateful that i was able to call back before they worry about me

So we're stranded far from Malaysian civilization for one week.

Phone only functions as camera and alarm clock.. haha

The air-conditioned hotel room at Yuzana. Nice right. Fulfills the basic necessities of being comfortable =)

Picture at the room balcony early in the morning even before my hair dries lol. The three of us in the same room

Posing with the map. Places to be explored ;)

At the lobby ready for our first outing in a new city :)

Buffet breakfast. Haha. The menu was the same for all days.

Fried rice, toasted bread, sausage, watermelon

At the very first day it tasted so delicious but after that.. we started to have phobia

Because even before getting in, we ad knew whats served

And we thought we would be blacklisted. Because..

We refilled our water in the tumbler with the water in the restaurant

The waiters were staring at us.

On the 1st day, they didnt say anything, but after that they started to limit the amount of water we filled

I guessed they must be thinking.. Wow Malaysians?

Actually, water is refillable all over the streets because apparently, they have associations who will subsidize water to the citizens so that everyone has the basic necessity of water.

But we preferred water from the restaurant. Haha.

The view from our hotel room.. Shwedagon Pagoda

Google it up if ur free, its the Yangon City Landmark. Spectacular

Yangon street, view from the overhead bridge

On the first day, we went to the market to change currency because what we had were USD

Its very weird because the exchange rate depended on how nice ur USD is

The nicer the banknote, as in, no wrinkles/folds-the more value you can get

So in a matter of minutes, we all became millionaires holding banknotes with many zeros

One thing we observed- the streets were red in colour.

Because of the leaf they were chewing.. hmm

After the market, we wandered around and our target was the pagoda we saw from our hotel room

There, we met our tourguide. Haha. He self-promoted himself and told us how much we could save if we hired him because he knew how to take bus compared to us taking taxi

And he said he could bring us to other towns for the price of Rm7 per person (if not mistaken)

He's very friendly and thoughtful. Btw, he's a lecturer on sem break wow

So when we reached temples, it was like attending history class o.O

And we really went to many temples.. too many to be calculated

Mode of transport there?

Tuttut car.. like Hadyai. The difference?

In Hadyai, one car can fit max 8?

But in Myanmar, it can sit many many many many people.. they are all over the car,

They are superb.

So when the car stops, be careful not to lean on the railings because you may feel foot climbing down

We began to get used to it, different country, different culture? =)