Sometimes it is getting a bit bumpy but we reach Bagan on time. Upon arrival we get greeted by a whole army of people. Labor costs are obviously not too high here. Julie, the sophisticated chief-handleresse, flew especially in for us. It is the fastest clearance so far since there is no fuel available here. It is hot here; 43 degrees, felt temperature 48C. In the hotel a fine club sandwich and then the pool. It is simply too hot to do anything else and finally a half-rest-day. The Internet does not work properly here so no update possible. Again: sorry folks!! Fine dinner at the hotel restaurant and then hit the sack.

Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, formerly known as Burma. Previously an independent kingdom, Burma was annexed by the British Empire into the colony of India in 1886. The occupation brought social, economic, cultural and administrative changes to the once-feudal society. The Japanese Empire invaded and occupied the country during World War II but it was returned to British control until independence in 1948.
The name of the country was changed in 1989 by the ruling military government, officially recognized by the United Nations. Despite multiparty elections in 1990 that resulted in the main opposition party winning a decisive victory, the military junta refused to hand over power. Key opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG San Suu Kyi, has been set under house arrest from 1989 to 1995, and was again placed under house detention in September 2000; her supporters are routinely harassed or jailed. In 2011 the military junta was dissolved following a general election in 2010 and a civilian government has been installed.