I've arrived in Inle Lake after a three day trek. I only had to carry
my small backpack so it was no problem for me. The trip was nice,
mostly because of the company, I traveled with a very nice German
couple and our guide was a really sweet interesting lady. We passed
through little villages, the kids would shout and laugh at us, we took
their pictures. The scenery wasn't extraordinary and unfortunately
visibility is not very good because people are constantly burning
trash. I may do more trekking, I haven't decided yet.
The Inle Lake area is pretty interesting. Its like a big village where
there are plenty of backpackers, but it doesn't affect the area in a
negative way. Yesterday, we had a really nice bike ride through more
villages, plus a boat ride on the lake, it was a really pleasant day.
They're doing everything on the lake. I went to one toilet that was
basically a hole in the floorboard. I looked below and saw the lake
about ten feet below. ha, pretty funny. That night I had fish. I try
not to think of where it's coming from.
The comfort is much less here. Electricity is spotty, and most places
have generators but are reluctant to use them. The people here are
very nice, always smiling, happy to greet you, excited about
traveling. The backpackers I'm meeting are also a nice breed. All in
all, the first week here has been really great, and fairly
interesting. The food is good as well. Half the time I'm eating
curries the other half it's more Asian style. Truly it's the nexus of
china and India.
The plan is to leave for Mandalay in a day or two, spend some time up
there, maybe head a bit north of there before swinging back to Bagan
and back to Rangoon for Pesach. I met with the head of the synagogue
association and it sounds like I'll be having the seder with the
Israeli ambassador and probably a group of twenty or thirty people,
should be nice.
Today I went to a big local market, it's coming here every five days.
It was great because it's a true local market and it was really
crowded. I'm sitting here with some bananas, peanut brittle and some
cute shoulder bags, a fairly good haul. I may just spent the rest of
the day hanging around and reading my kindle. I haven't tried to
upload books here, but that's no problem since I have about twenty
loaded already.
my small backpack so it was no problem for me. The trip was nice,
mostly because of the company, I traveled with a very nice German
couple and our guide was a really sweet interesting lady. We passed
through little villages, the kids would shout and laugh at us, we took
their pictures. The scenery wasn't extraordinary and unfortunately
visibility is not very good because people are constantly burning
trash. I may do more trekking, I haven't decided yet.
The Inle Lake area is pretty interesting. Its like a big village where
there are plenty of backpackers, but it doesn't affect the area in a
negative way. Yesterday, we had a really nice bike ride through more
villages, plus a boat ride on the lake, it was a really pleasant day.
They're doing everything on the lake. I went to one toilet that was
basically a hole in the floorboard. I looked below and saw the lake
about ten feet below. ha, pretty funny. That night I had fish. I try
not to think of where it's coming from.
The comfort is much less here. Electricity is spotty, and most places
have generators but are reluctant to use them. The people here are
very nice, always smiling, happy to greet you, excited about
traveling. The backpackers I'm meeting are also a nice breed. All in
all, the first week here has been really great, and fairly
interesting. The food is good as well. Half the time I'm eating
curries the other half it's more Asian style. Truly it's the nexus of
china and India.
The plan is to leave for Mandalay in a day or two, spend some time up
there, maybe head a bit north of there before swinging back to Bagan
and back to Rangoon for Pesach. I met with the head of the synagogue
association and it sounds like I'll be having the seder with the
Israeli ambassador and probably a group of twenty or thirty people,
should be nice.
Today I went to a big local market, it's coming here every five days.
It was great because it's a true local market and it was really
crowded. I'm sitting here with some bananas, peanut brittle and some
cute shoulder bags, a fairly good haul. I may just spent the rest of
the day hanging around and reading my kindle. I haven't tried to
upload books here, but that's no problem since I have about twenty
loaded already.
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