14 July 2012 Our original plan was to break up the trip from Hsipaw to Inle Lake into two days. First we would take the bus back to Mandalay and spend the night in Mandalay and then take a different bus the following day to Inle Lake. However, once we found out there was a …
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July 12-13 From Mandalay we headed North East to Hsipaw, to do some trekking (hiking) to nearby hilltribe villages. The bus from Mandalay arrived in Hsipaw around 8pm. We shared a pick-up taxi with 3 other travelers to Mr. Charles Guest House for 500 Kyat/person. George and I selected the double room with air conditioning …
July 11, 2012 We purchased our tickets for the bus from Mandalay to Hsipaw directly from a ticketing agency located only a couple of blocks from the Silver Swan Hotel. The name of the bus company is Dothawaddi (means small river) and the tickets cost 5,000 Kyat/person. The departure time was 2:30 PM with an …