Aquestes son algunes de les curiositats que ens agradaria comentar:
Aquestes son algunes de les curiositats que ens agradaria comentar:
What makes travel fun is noticing the quirky things that are unique or special to a place. Walking makes those things appear in slow motion and gives us more time to mull them over.
Here are a few of the curiosities we spotted in Burma, a series we started in Thailand and hope to continue with each country we pass through. Lluís and I often spot different things, so read/translate his list to chuckle twice as much (His post about Burma will be posted the same day as this one, and here is take on Thailand).
Ara que hem acabat la ruta a peu per Tailàndia i Birmània, per qüestions meteorològiques no continuem cap a Bangladesh i l’ Índia on aviat arribarà el monsó, sinó que volem fins a Bishkek (Bixkek en català), la capital de Kirguizistan on busquem aconseguir els visats per entrar i caminar per Tadjikistan i Uzbekistan.
Thailand. Done. Burma/Myanmar. Done. If we were following a straight line, Bangladesh would be the next country on our walk. But, it won’t be.
Up next: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
BIshkek??? Kyrgyzstan??? You correctly may be telling yourself, “Why are you going there? That’s not even marked on your map!”
De la mateixa manera que ens agradaria poder fer la nostra ruta de manera que no tinguem ‘forats al nostre formatge’, és a dir, caminant tots els quilòmetres que ens trobem entre Bangkok i Barcelona, també ens agradaria fer-la de manera continuada i en ordre. És a dir, primer Tailàndia, després Birmània, després Bangladesh, després l’Índia… però això no serà així.
Aquesta és l’última entrada referida a la ruta feta dins Birmània. Acabada la nostra ruta a peu, aquests últims dies hem tornat a ser ‘motxillers normals’ agafant transports públics, dormint a cases d’hostes, gaudint molt de la ‘vida sobre rodes’…
Finding a place to sleep has been one of our biggest daily challenges on this stretch of the walk. In our Daily Nest post, we highlight a few of the places we slept during the last eight weeks. This is one night’s surprise.
It’s about 3 p.m., time for us to start thinking about where we will sleep. In Burma, this is never an easy task for the kind of trip we’re doing. We cross our fingers, ask the universe to fix something up for us, and hope a dash of luck and a good amount of patience and preserverance lead us somewhere safe.
Finding a safe place to sleep is one of our key priorities every day. It’s right up there with drinking potable water, eating enough calories and stretching our bodies during mid-day breaks.
The sleeping thing has proven to be harder than expected in Burma. It has turned into its own stressful job at the end of the day when we are exhausted from walking an average of 25-30 kilometers (about 15-18 miles) in +40-degree heat (about 110 in Fahrenheit).
Fa unes setmanes ens vàrem referir a les parades d’autobús a Tailàndia com els meus particulars temples tailandesos. Ara volem honorar les benzineres birmanes i totes les persones que hi treballen.
Aquí tenim el que hem viscut entre les dues poblacions que titulen l’entrada.
Com ja hem comentat en alguna ocasió, el nostre viatge-projecte-somni-aventura no només tracta de que nosaltres caminem, sinó que també volem ajudar a les persones al llarg de la nostra ruta, sempre que ens sigui possible.