(^62) Mandalay – Yangon - By bus
One more day was spent in Mandalay, and then it was time to retreat
to Yangon to see if my passport had turned up. My visa time was
running out fast, and I took a bus to Yangon. The bus was cheap at
$10 and amazingly comfortable, with reclining seats and air
conditioning. We hardly ever stopped and rolled into Yangon at
around 5h30 p.m. Even the short cycle from the bus station to the
hotel was a nightmare, as the traffic was horrendous and the streets
dark.
Yangon
Sadly, no passport turned up, but the good news was that my
previous passport (which I never discarded as it contained my
American visa) was still valid! I assumed being issued a new passport
would automatically cancel the old one. Thank goodness, the old
passport still had two blank pages, and thus, there was no need for
an emergency travel document. Discussing the situation with the UK
Embassy, they agreed to refund the fee paid. Luck was finally starting
to turn in my favour.
I bought a ticket on the first available bus to the Thailand border.
Still, the next bus was only in two days as the traffic to and from the
border was only every second day. Furthermore, being a night bus
meant I would arrive at the border the day my visa expired, making it
out of the country by the skin of my teeth. It sure seemed I had
reached the end of my bad luck.
leana
(Leana)
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