Sunday, November 15, 2015

Jalan-jalan Inle Lake (Nyaungshwe) -1


Alang-alang dah duduk Myanmar, rugi lah kan kalau tak jalan-jalan Myanmar.

Myanmar, negaranya besar, bersempadanan dengan banyak Negara-negara lain.  Maka, budayanya pasti berbeza.  This is one of the reasons why one must come and explore Myanmar.

Memandangkan jarak dari satu Bandar ke satu Bandar amatlah jauh, dan kalau mengambil bas sebagai transportasi, perjalanan biasanya mengambil lebih kurang 10-12 jam.  Pilihan yang lebih cepat dan menjimatkan masa ada, iaitu kapal terbang. Tapi, mahal la weh! Contohnya, Yangon ke Heho (lapangan terbang untuk ke Inle), tiket pergi balik berharga USD300.  Kalau naik bas, tiket pergi balik ialah USD40.  Makanya, bagi menyahut seruan berjimat-cermat, relakanlah diri untuk menaiki overnight bas. Kalau tak tersepit dengan kekangan waktu, why not kan?

Inle (Nyaungshwe) adalah Bandar ketiga on my ‘scratchmapMyanmar’. Yang dah dilawati ialah Yangon (of course!) dan Taungoo.

So berbalik pada cerita Inle.

An impromptu trip, since we observe a long weekend here, due to full moon holiday.

My initial plan was either to go to Vietnam (Vietjet offers a reasonable price), Bangkok (Nok Air too) or Bagan.  Balik Malaysia pun ade dalam plan, tapi tiketnye mahal la plak kan.  Inle was not part of my research  until I feel Bagan should be keep for another trip (adalah sebabnya).

Internet sangat membantu and from my quick research, I was able to plan the impromptu trip.

Return tickets were bought via JJ Express FB Page (bayar bila ambil tiket dekat Aung Mingalar Highway Bus Station) : USD20/way

Hotel (Inle Star Motel) was book via Agoda. Bab hotel ni haru skit.  I’ve been eyeing few recommended hotels (cheap one!) via Agoda, TripAdvisor and booking.com, until 2-3 days before the trip, I noticed that the shortlisted hotels are either sold out or hiked up.  Then, the next thing I do was to just book the hotel, though it received some negative reviews. Hotel rate : USD32/night.  You can get cheaper than this, actually.

Bab naik bas, aktiviti di Inle akan disambung kemudian.


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