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Morning welcome in Shan State after the most interesting of coach trips!

Morning welcome in Shan State after the most interesting of coach trips!

From Hpa-An we took a night bus to Kalaw in Shan state. It took about eight hours including a stop half way. As we left Hpa-An the coach stopped numerous times taking more and more people and packages on board so much so we had 

Beautiful sunrise over Hpa-An

Beautiful sunrise over Hpa-An

One thing about travelling is that your body clock gets a bit messed up. On this particular day I was wide awake very early which turned out to be a good thing as the sunrise was so very beautiful. I first noticed it through the 

Big Skys and beautiful scenery

Big Skys and beautiful scenery

Being on a boat twentyfour seven means your internal clock becomes a bit more regulated to sunrise and sunset. Its quite lovely to work a bit more with the rhythm of nature for a change. Out at sea the sky is huge and changes very quickly from clear blue to clouds and storms to beautiful light shows in the morning and evening,

And my favourite place to be was on the nets at the front with the water rolling underneath. When the boat was on the move on a number of occasions I got soaked sitting there, much to the amusement of the others around, but as a great lover of water I really didn’t mind!