Yangon: Around The World Without A Plane

Yangon: Around The World Without A Plane

Despite the amount of times I’ve flown in the past it felt a little weird getting on a plane again, especially on this particular trip. I had a 7:15am flight so left my hotel at 5am to get a taxi to the airport. I’m simply not a very good morning person, I didn’t take well to rising at this time, and things just kept getting worse. For starters Air Asia had a remarkably big checking-in line, and then when I did eventually get to the check-in desk, my bags were so heavy that they charged me thirty something pounds to take all my luggage. After weighing my bags it appears I’m wearing over half my own body weight on the top half of my torso. Almost 40kg worth of baggage – ridiculous. I’m supposed to be backpacking, but I feel like I’m training to become a Himalayan Sherpa.

Short trip to Buenos Aires

It’s my last day in Budapest. Tomorrow morning I will sit in the plane eating the shabby sandwich they serve on short inter-European flights. After having a good cup of coffee I convinced myself to spare some time for watching U2 in 3D at the Palace Cinema. It was about noon and the movie started at 16.30. A whole lot of time. Suddenly I remembered that I originally planned to check out the Szecheny, one of the famous baths in Budapest. I rushed back to the hotel to get the trunks and a towel. The weather was really great and the sun was shining as much as it could. I enjoyed the hot bath outside, the water temperature was about 38 degree celsius. It was really relaxing after walking around for days. After some time I went inside to have a look at the sauna and the pools there. Well, I shouldn’t have. It felt quite dirty, the water had a yellow-greenish tint and the sauna was hopelessly overcrowded. I took antoher bath outside and had a little swim as well.