Circle Line, Yangon

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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 7 Dec 2017 23:57
Circle Line,
Yangon We had been told by three sets of yachties
who have visited Yangon, that the circular train journey is a great way to see
many aspects of the city and its people. After flying in this afternoon,
checking in to our digs and securing train tickets to Mawlamyine for tomorrow
morning, we were free to ‘enjoy’ what this three hour circuit would bring, that
is, three hours for eleven pence.................afterward, we were thoroughly
fed up at the amount of plastic rubbish strewn about, those sorting through
thousands of carrier bags and shoving them in huge sacks. The ghetto existence
so close to the rails, warrens with little more than a holey tarpaulin for
shelter. The workers in the rice paddies and lotus fields up to their waists in
muddy water, earning a pittance for such hard work. Surprised by the quality of
fruit, especially the apples. Train life itself, as so many hawkers came through
with trays on heads, baskets on shoulders, selling everything from quail and
chicken eggs, apples, satsumas, SIM cards, water, flavoured ice in small plastic
bags, fizzy pop, and more. The old fashioned hip trays (here mostly selling
betel nut leaf rolls for the many who chew) single cigarettes and cheap
‘cigars’. Some sellers stay on for a few stops knowing exactly when a train will
come the other way, some stay for the full circuit walking up and down, up and
down. Here are our pictures.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ALL IN ALL SO MUCH HUMANITY
CLINGING TO THE EDGE
FASCINATING, BUT OH SO
SAD |