My 7th day started pretty early at around 7am.
Had breakfast in a local place and then headed to Peik Chin Myaung Holy Cave which is limestone cave maintained by the government starting from 1990.
But the formation of the limestone are said to be around 300-400 years old.
Many Buddha statues are in this place as well as water flowing down from the cave.
It is a beautiful place to visit and a must see if you get to the city of flowers.
It is really well maintained and no nasty smells or bats coming out of the cave.
A word of caution though, it can be filled with people and oxygen is a rare commodity in the middle and end of the cave, so my advice would be to get in, take photos of a few areas and then get out.
Otherwise, you will be struggling for air inside the cave as people crowds in.
The next place I visited is Dat Taw Gyaint Waterfall and man it was like both hell and heaven and then hell again.
I will explain the above statement.
The road to this waterfall is a very steep and dusty road of about 2km filled with rocks. see example below.
As you can see, this is not a fun run at all. and the above is just a small hill. There are steeper hills, trust me, this is not for the weak willed.
The going down took around 30 minutes as I was keen to see what was in store.
Man I was surprised by what I was at the bottom of the Hill.
The waterfall is just a fantastic place and you have to be there to really appreciate the freshness of the water coming down from all the rocks and stones.
The water is icy cold and very fresh and you can be there for hours as I was. I was lost in the moment and had to be reminded to go back up the hellish journey.
And I have to say one and a half hour that follows up the mountain was worth every minute.
After this tiring trip, I had a full lunch and then retired for the day.
Couldn't make it to the other places such as BE Fall and the Botanical Garden. Maybe next time eh...
Anyway this has been a short but satisfying day.
Next we will be heading towards Inle Lake and its unique brand of people. We will be driving almost a full day from morning until late evening so not much to report on Day 8 I think. So, I might do a Day 8 and Day 9 combination report in a couple of days.
Not sure how the internet will be so stay tuned.
And then back to the capital and then Yangon and then rest for a day and then two nights at Ngapali beach. (Massively looking forward to this.....plus I am taking my young cousin with me, so exciting times ahead)
Cheers
Tinkyaw
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