Global Tour|I am in Myanmar - Yangon
Athen's 2024 travel plans:
Now in Myanmar
May 6 ~ May 16 Grape Fang
May 16 ~ June 6 Xiban Fang
June 6 ~ July 6 France
July 6th ~ July 16th, Belgium
July 16 ~ July 20 卢森堡
July 20th ~ August 5th, Netherlands
August 5 ~ October 1 Canada (Quebec, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver),
October 1st ~ October 30th West Coast (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Seattle)
October 30 ~ November 30 South Korea (Seoul, Daegu, Busan, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon)
The Chinese along the way, please send a private message
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No one expected that I would actually come to Myanmar
In March this year, I consulted with scholars on Myanmar in China, as well as some Chinese in Myanmar.
It has been reported that the current situation in Myanmar is unstable and may become more and more chaotic in the second half of the year.
So I dropped my plans to go to Myanmar at that time.
However, after a while, when I learned that if I didn't come to Burma now, I would come to Burma in the second half of the year, and the civil war might escalate to a larger scale.
I gritted my teeth and bought a plane ticket to Myanmar to experience one of the most secluded and mysterious countries in Southeast Asia, and a long-term protagonist in international news.
In recent years, gray production in northern Myanmar has cast a shadow over the country's reputation, which has shrugged off more Chinese tourists.
This stimulated my desire to explore even more, and I wanted to see what the real Myanmar was really like, so I came.
I arrived in Myanmar last night, had a fight with the customs, and finally let me pass without paying......
He also said that my name was on the blacklist of the immigration bureau, and I came to the blacklist of your Myanmar for the first time, and some Chinese at the border control were very proficient in saying their names, and they kept asking me to get my "ID card......
I picked up the GoPro in front of the customs and shouted loudly, I said that I went to 72 countries, the first time I heard that I had to show my ID card, my information was obviously ready, and after showing my ID card, should I show my household registration book?
Their leaders came over and looked at my passport (I do have visas for many countries, and my passport is almost full).
I asked them to call the embassy, and they were visibly frightened because I was making a lot of noise in the hall, and they hurried to stamp me over.
Today, Xiao Wei, a local Chinese in Myanmar, helped me solve the cash problem, took me around the whole Yangon, and introduced me to the situation in Myanmar all the way, he has been in Myanmar for 9 years, a native of Jiangsu, working in a Chinese company, he introduced me to the current situation in Myanmar, so that I have a bottom in my heart.
02
Burmese haircuts
When I arrived in Myanmar, I felt that my hair was growing and I needed to get a haircut.
When I walked to the MSL area, I saw a very simple barber shop, the entrance was full of Rohingya, but the interior was a Hindu decoration, and the walls were covered with Hindu gods, which confirmed that this was an Indian shop.
So I stepped forward to ask for the price, and the other party said 3,000 kyats, and I was stunned, 3,000 kyats is equivalent to less than 6 yuan!
The boss called a little black over, it was supposed to be an apprentice, and Xiao Hei gave me a haircut very carefully, but due to the rough tools, the electric shaver seemed a little dull.
Hei started speaking Burmese to me, and seeing that I didn't understand it, he spoke two sentences of English, (there are a large number of South Asians in Burma, who have been here since the British colonial period, and their English is better than that of the Burmese).
After a little communication, Xiao Hei began to give me a haircut, and he didn't say anything during the whole process, Xiao Hei just shaved me obediently.
Overall, the craftsmanship is average, but the price doesn't speak.
Halfway through, Xiao Hei asked me if I was made in China.
I said, yes, what about you?
He said he was Burmese.
I said you look like Indian, he said his grandfather's father came from India......
When I left, I gave him 5,000 and the other 2,000 was a tip, and Burmese labor is so cheap that I am embarrassed to give money.
03
Spend the local year in Myanmar
These two days are the Burmese New Year (Songkran or Songkran), and the local people in Myanmar proudly told me that whether it is the Songkran Festival in Thailand, Cambodia, or Laos, it all originated in Myanmar and was learned from Myanmar (I am not sure about this, I need to check), in short, the Burmese people say so much.
The streets of Yangon, Myanmar are still very lively, there are no people at noon, because it is too hot, and after the sun sets, it is overcrowded, and many Burmese people bring their families out to eat on the streets.
As you can see from the photos, the Burmese race is very mixed, and the ethnic groups are also clustered, Indians eat at the same table with Indians, Chinese and Chinese, Burmese and Burmese...... They live in large and small clusters with each other.