Myeik-Myanmar October 7, 2016 at
4:07 pm
Kawthoung to Myeik overland – 11 hrs of epic adventure
Bus terminal with tire-fire.
Dominik and I have been though hundreds of local bus trips in nearly all conditions but this time we got off the bus before it left the terminal. It would have been physically and mentally impossible for us.
Instead we took a minibus and had no regrets.
Oil palm plantations as far as the eye could see.
Traffic sharing the road.
Low tide at the harbor – so much trash it was unbelievable.
Daily routine for the fisherman.
Loading ice onto the boats. Which entails a truck of ice-blocks arriving and the guys unload them and push them into the crusher.
Fisherman waiting for the next voyage.
Vehicles waiting to unload the nights catch. One cylinder diesel engines driving the wheels through a belt.
Searching for Pokemon
Buddhist Pagoda
Colorful and creative religious monument
Getting to meet the locals
Construction site – notice the women – there doesn’t seem to be gender issues
Colorful fruit stand
Rewiring an electric motor
Overview of town and harbor
Lucky for us there was an English speaking local that befriended us and showed us the town and foods.
As long as there is a good sauce it doesn’t matter what you eat.
After our bus travel trauma we decided to fly to Yangon. Thank the lord for air transport.
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