Pamapeto pa dzinja, kunali kotheka kupita ku Asia, anasankha Myanmar ndi mnzake, nthawi yotentha imayamba mu February. Ndinawuluka ku Yangon kudzera pa Bangkok, visayo idachita visa. Tinasungira chipinda chocheperako ku Mk Hotel, chomwe chimakopeka ndichakuti chatsopano, ndi manambala aulere palibe zovuta, zomwe zimapezeka kudera lalikulu la Yangon Burma, ndipo Wi-Fi ndi mfulu mchipinda kuti ndikofunikira kwa ine. Mtengo wa chipindacho ndi wopitilira $ 100 patsiku ndi chakudya cham'mawa. Ndalama zidavalidwa nawo, pakuyenda kwambiri za kuba m'mahotela. Ndikofunika kukhala ndi dollar yocheperako m'manja mwanu, m'maiko ambiri alendo ali m'madola ali m'madola. Ndipo, ambiri, madola panjira wamba amatha kusinthidwa pa eyapoti kapena m'mabanki mumzinda.
Ndinkakonda hotelo, yabwino, chilichonse ndi choyera, ogwira ntchito atsopano, othandiza, amalankhula Chingerezi bwino. Chakudya cham'mawa pali mbale ndi zakudya zakwanuko ndi ku European Europe, ndi ndani, zomwe muyenera kulawa. Pa theka la ola limodzi losangalatsa mu mzindawu, malo akulu ogulitsira - msika wa Scott. Pamenepo mutha kugula chilichonse ndi mitengo ndiyotsika kuposa mumzinda. Ndipo ndizotheka kudya kumeneko, zodzaza ndi zakudya zosiyanasiyana zokhala ndi chakudya cham'deralo, pachimake, kutsukidwa ndi mowa wapadera, zabwino kwathunthu. Mutha kudya pafupifupi pafupifupi 15-20 madola. Yoyikidwayo, mabokosi angapo, amalonda a yade ndi mphatso.
SWEDOGON PANDADA inali kuyenda mphindi 10.
Mtengo wochezera ndi $ 8. Kachisiyu ayenera kuchenjetsedwa, komweko mutha kukwaniritsa chikhumbo chomwe chiyenera kukwaniritsidwa. Awa ndi kachisi wokongola wagoli, palibe m'nyumba mwake. Ikukwera pamwamba pa mzindawu ndipo ili ndi zingwe zovuta kwambiri za akachisi ang'ono, pagodas, zonsezi zimakongoletsedwa ndi zojambula zosiyanasiyana, ziwerengero, ndizosatheka kuwona, ndikofunikira kuwona. Nyumba yachilendo kwambiri, yodabwitsa ndi masana, imangowazungulira dzuwa ndi madzulo, ndi kuwala.
Iwo adapitabe ku famu ya ng'ona, monga iyo, pali ng'ona, mutha kudyetsa nsomba, ndikuwonera m'mabwalo. Khomo ndi chotsika mtengo chikuwoneka ngati dola.
Chosangalatsa chifukwa cha sitima kuzungulira Yangon, kunja kwa umphawi, umphawi ndi kuthamanga, zikachisi zokhumudwitsa.
Mabasi usiku atapita ku Bagan, adayimilira ku hotelo yabwino kwambiri, ndikudya m'mawa ndikupita ndi chitsogozo cha Chingerezi kuti ayendetse kachisi. Akachisi ambiri kwambiri, maofesi angapo ndi timapita ku hotelo. Tsiku lotsatira, malingana mapulani panali kukwera kuchokera ku Bagn mpaka ku Mandalay mchombo.
Ku Mandalay, mu hotelo yotsika mtengo, ndikupuma pang'ono ndikutenga taxi tsiku lonse kwa $ 40, ndikupita ku Sagaine, komwe akujambula kale Kumadzulo Mandalay anaatrew.
Mmbuyomo tinayendetsa, yolemedwa ndi malingaliro ndi zizindikiro zokwera, makamaka ulendowu sunali wokwera mtengo, hotelo yamtengo wapatali inali ku Yangon, ndipo m'mizinda ina, tinawombera manambala mpaka $ 30. Burma, tidzanenanso zowona !!!