February
Bagan
Shabbat at hotel. Sublime.
2,3 Feb:
Rents bikes and ride the back road through the town, villages, pagodas, stupas and temples. Roads are dirt or crumbling tar. Restaurants are home/warungs and slow.
Inle Lake Region
4 Feb: Fly to Heho. First rate Italian restaurant. You’ll then continue to Nyaung Shwe town jetty to catch your motorized canoe which will take you to your hotel on Inle Lake.
5 Feb: Full day trip to Sagar in the less visited southern section of the lake. This is a really nice day out – about 2.5 hrs each way going through tribal Hpa-O lands (still extant Militia). Sagar is a very small place, and you can see lif on the lake, the monastery and temple, and wander around the village. You’ll visit an authentic local wood-sales market.
6 Feb: Full day to see the highlights of the Northern section. You’ll visit the floating vegetable garden, floating villages, you may get to see a few Long Necked Pa Daung people, and you’ll visit silversmith, lotus cloth maker, blacksmith.
7 Feb: Morning to Taunggyi, visit local agent, lunch and walk around with waiter then 3pm transfer to Heho Airport for the flight back to Yangon. Overnight in Yangon at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel.
8 Feb: PG 702 YANGON, MYANMAR 10:45am BANGKOK SUVARNABH, THAILAND 12:40pm then PG 273 BANGKOK SUVARNABH, THAILAND2:35pm PHUKET, THAILAND4:00pm Minibus pickup 1,400 baht to Khaolak
Khaolak, Thailand
9th Shabbat. Avia ill with food poisoning. (was it the beans?)
10th to 13th February – Andaman Snorkel Discovery http://www.andamansnorkeldiscovery.com/tour.html
livaboard to Similian Islands, Ko Bo, Ko Tochai, Surin Islands
14th Thursday – Elephant Trek
Phuket
15th, 16th – Kata Beach, Phuke. Beautiful sea. Cheap DVDs.
Chiang Mai
17th Fly to Chiang Mai, Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai 199/42 Chang Klan Rd.,Chiang Mai, Chang Khlan, right around the corner from Chabad and Israeli Tour Lounge.
21st – 24th Yannay does 5 day massage course at massage college; Girls do homework and Zipline Flight of Gibbon, Eva ill with gastritis. Avia one night food poisoning.
Luang Prebang, Laos
Sun 24th 15:10 Lao Air to Luang PrebangLa Palais Julianna.
24th – 27th walk around and interact. Luang Prebang and surrounds.
Bangkok, Thailand
Feb 27 to Mar 3rd Riva Surya Bangkok Hotel. Visit Palace, Jade Buddah Temple, Markets, swim, cabbages and condoms restaurant, homework, breakfast across the road.
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