TRAVEL SCHEDULE: 08 dec 2001 - 03 jan 2002
Day 1 Flight : Brussels – Paris – Singapore – Yangon ( Burma ) with Singapore Airlines
Day
2
Yangon : Three
Seasons Hotel. Bogyoke Aung San Market. Sule Paya, Karaweik
Day
3
Yangon: Shwedagon
paya, Maha Wizaya Paya. Na-Gar Glass Factory. Kohtatgyi Paya
Day 4 Yangon - Mawlamyne = Mawlamyaing = Moulmein.
Day 5 Mawlamyine double decker boat – Hpa-an - Kinpun : Visit Boulder Stupa
Day 6 Kinpun - Bago : Schwemawdaw, Hintha Gon Paya, Schwethalyaung Buddha 55 m long, Mahazedi Paya + woodcarving workshop. – Taungoo:
Day 7 Taungoo - Kalaw : Eastern Paradise Hotel
Day 8 Kalaw :Trek to nearby villages (longhouses – Palaung village, monastery, pagoda).
Day 9 Kalaw - Nyaungshwe / Lake Inle : Hotel Aungmingalar. Puppet show
Day 10 Nyaungshwe - Inle: boattrip, Ywama (shoulder bags, embrodery), Nga Phe Kyaung monastery (jumping cats), Kaungdaing (soybean cakes, potting).
Day 11 Inle Lake - Pindaya Caves : 8000 Buddhas in cave chambers - Mandalay :
Day 12 Mandalay : Mandalay Hill, Schwenandaw Paya, Kyauktawgyi Paya . Mahamuni Paya + side streets = stone-carvers Buddha images + foundries & woodcarvers. Zeigyo nightmarket
Day 13 Mandalay : Mandalay: boat to Mingun. Sagaing, Kaunghmudaw Paya, Sunset U Bein Bridge Amarapura
Day 14 Mandalay - Bagan by boat. Hotel Aungmingalar. Sunset Shweshanda & Dhammayazika
Day 15 Bagan : Temple visits
Day 16 Bagan : Temple visits
Day 17 Bagan - Pyay : Shwesanday Paya, Sehtatgyi Paya = enormous seated buddha, Schwedaung: Paya of the golden spectacles = Shwemyetman Paya.
Day 18 Yangon : Christmas. Three Seasons Hotel. Ngahtatgyi Paya, Chaukhtatgyi Paya, Kheng Hock Keon chin temple, Botatong Paya
Day 19 Flight : Yangon – Bangkok – Chiang Mai. Visit town center and nightmarket.
Day 20 Chiang Mai : Chiang Inn Hotel. Bo Sang = umbrella village, San Kamphaeng = silk, woodcarving, Hang Dong = woodcarving, lacquerware, earthware, ceramics, antiques
Day 21 Chiang Mai : Elephant camp, butterfly parks, snake parks, orchid farms, botanic gardens, handicraft shops …
Day 22 Shopping and temple visits. Nighttrain Chiang Mai - Bangkok
Day 23 Bangkok : Hotel Manohra. Shopping, temple- & palace visits
Day 24 Bangkok : Oriental Cruise: bus to Ayuthya – back on the Oriental Queen
Day 25 New Years day. Bangkok : sightseeing.
Day 26 Flight : Bangkok – Singapore – Paris
Day 27 Flight : Paris - Brussels
PREPARATIONS
Visas for our individual travelling through Myanmar were easily obtained from the Myanmar Consul in Breda Netherlands. We ordered the papers by fax, completed these and gave these with the pictures to the consul. We paid for the visas and the stamp. We received the visas by post not yet 1 week later.
Travevellers'cheques were only used in Thailand, not in Myanmar. But the cost in Myanmar was less than expected, because of the favourable ratio 1 USD = 750 - 900 Kyats. Unfavourable was the ratio Belgian currency to the USD
We got the usual vaccinations.for these regions: tetanos, hepatitis B, malaria tablets
Most of the information we collected came from the Lonely Planet Myanmar 2000 and from the internet. A small part from reports in Wegwijzer - not much, because the country has not yet been visited on a large scale. Before leaving, we bought 1 map: Myanmar from Nelles, rather expensive and no indication of any distance between cities
PARTICIPANTS
ERIC Sarlet: retired engeneer, born 1936, married to
LILIANE Bailliu: retired employee, born 1938. Both fond of travelling, skiing, mountains, making Bruges lace, BED & BREAKFAST at home ...
Adress: Grote Thems 3 - 8490 Varsenare by Bruges Belgium
| Tel: 32.(0)50.38 63 18 | Fax: 32.(0)50.39 29 46 | Email: sarletbailliu@skynet.be | Sites: http://users.skynet.be/brugge |
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PETER Vanhollebeke : technician in electronics, born 1964, married to
CARINE Sarlet, teacher, born 1965.
Adress: Diksmuide Heirweg 22A - 8210 Zedelgem BelgiumTel: 32.(0)50.20 82 85 Email: peter.vanhollebeke@skynet.be
