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I had a 12+hour train ride in Burma - up to Lashio. What a test that was!
2 years agoIn Taiwan we call it sugar-apple I love them and eat the insides with a spoon. The peak season is usually January-Feb.
2 years agoI rode that Yangon-Mandalay night train in 1979. Back then it had a lot of thieves and I was told to not go to sleep all night and to hold my backpack on my lap. It's hard to hold a large backpack on one's lap all night on a train bucking like a mad steer. No sleep, a long and terrible ride.
3 years agoTrain ride 17 years ago my son and girlfriend at the time and I got a train from Yangon to Mandalay was express 23 hours but took about 27 hours what a trip ,there was an expat on train who said one trip one of the carriages came off tracks so everyone gets off train so crew jack the carriage up and with all passengers push it back onto track only in Burma. So I can relate to your train trip also as I read your story I can see our trip on train.P.S I learnt long ago never eat anything on trains in Asia or at overnight bus stop cafes.
3 years agoI cannot wait to hit the road again maybe see you both on the mighty Fridays ,I luv the pannier explosions I thought it was just us.
Sending hugs for Christmas.xxx
How could we ever forget you, Frank!!? Great to hear from you! We got kicked off of CGOAB which means we couldn't communicate with you via that site ever again. We can't even 'like' anything of yours anymore. I'm glad you found us and we are back in touch. Have fun reading our journal and giving us lots of 'likes' because that's what it's all about isn't it?
3 years agoWe killed hundreds of the nasty critters.
It weighs almost nothing - the size is the problem, also the battery which I had to remove every morning before we took off. If the battery were left in and the button got pressed inside the pannier it could burn out the unit. At the very least the battery would be toast. It barely fit in the large pannier and padding was sort of a necessity too since it's rather fragile. Other than those drawbacks it was great! Saved our lives!
Of COURSE we remember you and Sandy, Frank! How could we forget our breakfasts with you two at The Remember Inn? Those Shan noodles. I hope you enjoy this journal, it seems like a lifetime ago we were there instead of just a year ago. Please give our best to Sandy.
3 years agoBruce,Andrea ,Sandy has got me on to this website and there you are I have started to read Burma blog ,we met at the Remember Inn and broke bread and talked all things touring.
I am only up to page 4 so may take me a few weeks to finish take care.Frank
Thanks Andrea - sorted.
Luv the RidewithGPS map option because I tour with that app.
OH that's right, use the "cut" link above the photo!
And yes, we remember you, certainly. We've read all your journals, welcome to CycleBlaze, we're glad you're here.
Uh oh, I think I forgot how! I know that you can copy and paste/move the photos around but I'm not clear just how we did that. As I recall you can click on a photo to move it, it disappears in a scary manner, then you can click where you want it within the text and it reappears, whew.
Anybody else want to jump in here? It's been a busy year and I haven't done any posting since February.
Back again - worked out how to amend text (Doh) but still can't place photos where I want?
3 years agoHi Andrea and Bruce - like the look of the water filter, AUD$60-00 so I might get one for my next trip. You might not remember me - I was following your trip on CGOAB in Vietnam in 2017 I think and we liaised a bit. I made it down to Ben Tre the following year and stayed at the delightful Hung Vuong Hotel overlooking the Ben Tre River where u stayed - loved it and been back there a few times since. Also made it up to The North-West of Vietnam late last year, a region I only knew about from following your journal so thanks. Places like Lang Son, Cao Bang and Ban Gioc (waterfall on China Border). Stunning country with the spectacular Karst mountains.
I couldn't find your journal when I was heading for that region and now I know why - you've headed over here as I now have.
Couple of questions for you - I'm having trouble working out how to amend my text on a daily post and how to place photos in the middle of the text rather than at the top. I've noticed others on here have been able to place them in the middle.
Hope you are both staying well and virus free - troubling times over there at the moment hey?
Cheers,
Andrew Haycraft
But you got to go over the Gokteik Viaduct! That would be the only train in Burma I would consider going on again.
2 years ago