when you travel, you voluntarily get pushed to the limits
This is by far the dirtiest feet photo I've ever taken in my history of feet-photos. This is not a pair of tanned feet. It's a pair of mud and dusts-covered feet.
Just when you think it's the dirtiest it could get, it got worse each day.
I kept comparing my feet to the locals' as somehow theirs were not as dirty - I'd say clean. How did we end up with so much dirt? Lol.
It's either we haven't mastered the skill of not catching dusts on our feet or because we have fairer feet than theirs so the dusts become obvious.
Shoes are not allowed in all monasteries, temples, and pagodas. As most of the sightseeing places are either monastery, temple or pagoda, it means we walked barefeet most of the time. Apparently in Myanmar, socks are part of shoes too. So no socks allowed! Wtf...
The 40 degrees weather isn't helping! The floor is scorching hot! Marble, wood, cement, stone, tar, sand, wild grass, you name it - apart from being hot, they sometimes come with pokey elements too. It's like undergoing a perseverance, patience, and determination test.
After 5 days, blisters developed under my feet due to the hot grounds. I so had enough of all these feet-burning sites. Thankfully, we'll be having 1.5 days break from temples and pagodas or else I'll go berserk.
Apart from dirt and blisters, there are also mozzy bites and bruises everywhere on my legs. Goodbye fair and smooth princess legs. Hahaha.
The weather was so hot that a layer of mist/cloud formed at the horizon. Otherwise, sunset would have been better.
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| Sunset - U-Bein Bridge. |
Dinner was half cup of Nescafe and 2 biscuits. Haha. Didn't have appetite and got sick of the local food.
Missing Sydney and Tibet.
Price Guide:
Whole day driver costs to Amarapura, Sagaing, and Ava = 45000 kyat + 5000 kyat tips.
Boat to Ava = 1000 kyat per person return.
Horse cart at Ava = 5000 kyat per person.
Lunch burmese food = 3733 kyat per person.
(1200 kyat = 100USD)
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