After following this rickshaw I vowed I'd never again moan about the quality of my bike or the weight of my panniers.
The ticket office - Burma has no computers, all tickets are written out by hand using passport details. Seats are all allocated though.
I travel Upper Class for 70p and the bike goes in a freight car for 30p.
The locomotive, all 75 tons of it.
Fellow travellers. The daubing of the thanaka paste is quite common, even for adults. It's supposed to preserve the complexion.
Loading 40 kg sacks of cabbages...... hopefully not on top of my bike!
The technology may date from when the colonials left Burma but the train left on time and arrived on time. I'm now breathing clean air at over 4,000' and all for 70p. Bargain!
Very good ad interesting stuff Mick. I wonder when they changed from steam locomotives.
ReplyDeleteIf as you say they have no computers in Burma, they must have an internet system for you to get out.