Our last stop in Myanmar was Mandalay. Actually, I’ve heard this name before, during my school years, even before we learned about the contry called Myanmar in geography lessons, from the song of Robbie Williams. No need to say that I was singing this song in my head the whole time we were on the “Road to Mandalay”… [...]

We were driving to Bagan from Yangon overnight. The ride was quite in order; we were even able to catch some sleep. However, I don’t remember when and how we managed to pay the governmental fee which was 25000 kyats (about 20 dollar) per person. Our bus arrived at the Bagan bus station shortly after 5 am. [...]