After our great time in Inle Lake, we hopped on another internal flight and we were back where we started - Yangon. This visit was a little more casual, and we found that we spent a lot of time shopping for gifts in the amazingly huge and cheap Bogyoke Aung Sun Market, along with the myriad of stalls and vendors along the local streets. We did find time to stop for a drink along the way at a pretty typical street side eatery - I love the chair hanging from the awning. At one street vendor, I managed to have a bird crap in my meal from a bridge above!
We had planned to take the Circle Train around the town. It is just a local train, not for tourists, but apparently it was a good way to see the real life of Yangon. Unfortunately, we really got screwed around trying to buy tickets and eventually got sent on the wrong train by the conductor. He was trying to do us a favour as the Circle Train was not due to run until later, but we were upset as he should have just told us. We did still manage to meet some great kids on the train, and see what strange things the locals were selling. Pretty uncomfortable seats though - just wooden planks. Great city life views from the windows, but we saw the same things twice as our train was an out-and-return train.
We managed to bump into a British lady, Mandy, who we met in Inle Lake. She was on a business trip and treated us to drinks at her hotel later - sweet! On our final morning, we rode the elevator up to the 11th floor of the Sakura Tower for amazing views over Yangon. We wished we had been there for drinks the night before. *Stub
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