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14 May 2019
10 May 19 – Bagan to Mount Popa – 53km So, we are just over the halfway stage of our stay at in Myanmar and we have been pleasantly surprised with the country as a whole. Our feelings are very similar to how we felt 2 weeks into our stay in Bangladesh. Prior to entering […]
10 May 2019
Tuesday 7 May. Mandalay to Myingyan. 108km. We knew that today was going to be one of our big days of cycling and although I wouldn’t say we were worried, it was definitely going to be a test to see if we could do the distance in the searing heat. Our alarm went at 4am […]
8 May 2019
Friday 3 May – Monywa to Myinmu – 78km Because of the heat we have experienced in Myanmar already, our days have been brought forward in time even more than they were before. So, this morning we were up, packed the bikes, had an early breakfast (kindly put on by our hotel staff) and were […]
5 May 2019
Tuesday 30 April. Kale to Kalewa. 40km. Followed by river ferry to Monywa. After making full use of our inclusive hotel breakfast we set off at 7am for our first day of cycling in Myanmar. It was already hot, but the quality of the road wasn’t bad and we knew we didn’t have a huge […]
2 May 2019
Saturday 27 April 2019 – Champhai to Zokhawthar – 26km Last night we thought it would be a good idea to stock up with bottled water so that we would have a full load when we left in the morning. At about 7pm, after a really nice (final) Indian meal in the hotel, we ventured […]
30 April 2019
We have always said that certain parts of our trip will be more memorable than others. And we both feel that the 2 weeks we have spent in the North-East of India will be one of these more memorable parts….the people, the landscape, the whole experience. Our time here has taught us how this part of […]