Yangon to Bagan by Train - 20 Hours of Rattle and Roll
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5 жыл бұрынTIME STAMPS: 3:54 - Train Arrives at Yangon Station; 6:48 - Boarding My Carriage; 12:57 - Train Departs Yangon Station; 16:22 - Story of Girls Selling Water; 23:06 - Story of Buying My Train Ticket; 29:07 - Train Picks Up Speed in the Countryside; 31:38 - Views of Houses Along the Train Tracks; 33:50 - My Bed in the Train as Night Falls; 16:02 - Next Morning on the Train; 49:37 - Pondering My Guest House Location in Bagan; 54:10 - Pulling in to the Bagan Train Station; 54:44 - Short Tour of My Guest House Room and Goodbye.
About 430 miles (690 kilometers) separate Yangon from Bagan, and I decided to cover that distance by train. I'll always go somewhere by train (as opposed to a bus) if that is an option. I like to be able to get up out of my seat and walk around and have regular access to a bathroom. And I like the views you get from train windows.
The train journey is quite a bit longer than the equivalent bus trip (maybe 8 hours vs 20 hours), but there were all kinds of things to keep me entertained along the way.
Cheers,
Douglas (AKA The Cycling Canadian)
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@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
TIME STAMPS: 3:54 - Train Arrives at Yangon Station; 6:48 - Boarding My Carriage; 12:57 - Train Departs Yangon Station; 16:22 - Story of Girls Selling Water; 23:06 - Story of Buying My Train Ticket; 29:07 - Train Picks Up Speed in the Countryside; 31:38 - Views of Houses Along the Train Tracks; 33:50 - My Bed in the Train as Night Falls; 16:02 - Next Morning on the Train; 49:37 - Pondering My Guest House Location in Bagan; 54:10 - Pulling in to the Bagan Train Station; 54:44 - Short Tour of My Guest House Room and Goodbye.
@phooyone829 5 жыл бұрын
I think u made a mistake in 16:02
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't really a mistake. 🙂 At the time, when I was looking out the window, I didn't realize that that was a train station. I just saw a large group of people standing there near the train tracks, and I wondered what they were doing. A few seconds later, though, I realized it was a train station, and they were just waiting for their train - probably the Circular Train that goes around Yangoon. But I left my comment in the video anyway.
@roygoad2870 5 жыл бұрын
When I was in Burma about 10 years ago I knew that the most convenient and obvious way to get there was to fly and it wasn’t expensive, at that time the roads were very bad and no way would I suffer this train ride!
@brucemcgeehan2847 4 жыл бұрын
Typical american winger
@hellfiregrowler 2 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug Looked like Pagoda Road, the first stop on the Circular Railway. I also went in 2019 and at rush hour there always seemed to be a crowd of workers waiting at the same point and the buildings all looked the same as I remembered from my very short trip I did between Yangon Central and Pagoda Road on my trip!
@TheRedStarZ 3 жыл бұрын
I took the Yangon-Bagan overnight train in 2016 - and boy, your storytelling sure made it come back alive! Spot on with the rattling and banging. Fun fact - i got locked in for 26 hours, our train hit a landslide somewhere in the middle for 8 hours.
@talhahabdullah8980 5 жыл бұрын
Oh my heart - the pang of nostalgia for the old soul of Malaysia. The clickty clack and the swaying of the train left and right bring back all the fond the memories of my youth when i first venturing out from rural Malaysia to the big city of Kuala Lumpur 30 years ago. The humming of the ceilling fan, the not so clean train lavatory, the peddlers with their nasi lemak, kueh and cakes, tea in plastic bags and the faces of the youth full joy and hopes going to Kuala Lumpur -some will work with factories of the new industrilized Malaysia , some will goto the universities and training colleges. It will take about 8 hours from my small home town to KL but the 8 hours marked the first phase of my adult life. Thank you for this wonderful video and safe journey.
@coffeeuskut6702 5 жыл бұрын
❤️😊
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
You captured the atmosphere of train travel from that era perfectly. I didn't have any opportunities for traveling by train in my early childhood, but I started taking the train regularly once I went to university and traveled from there and back to my hometown a lot. In Canada, we didn't have anything like train travel in Asia. There were no hawkers selling drinks and snacks from window to window and car to car. I had to go to the dining car to get my coffee to bring back to my seat. But I loved every minute of every trip. The clickety clack of the train tracks and the views outside the window were the best parts. Of course, the ride was a lot smoother than my experience on this train from Yangon to Bagan. Even if I could get a coffee on this train, there is no possibility of drinking it. The ride was too rough. The coffee would have ended up in my lap and all over the floor in one second. I could barely get up out of my seat much of the time.
@hanwin651 5 жыл бұрын
You are a great story teller !
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. With 20 hours of time, it made sense to turn to the camera and tell a story. I wish I had filmed my ticket-buying experience, but at least I got to tell the story. 🙂
@mikilovesanime 3 жыл бұрын
I'm burmese but I always feel ashamed to see some people forcing people to buy stuffs or forcing to get tips....I really hope that will stop soon in near future
@thekingminn 5 жыл бұрын
Bagan got officially recognized as world heritage site by UNESCO today
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I realized that later on. I guess that it took 25 years to get their application finally approved. The funny thing is that I went to the museum in Bagan on that day, and I talked for two or three minutes about how Bagan was NOT a World Heritage Site and how strange that was. Yet, on that very day, their application was finally approved by UNESCO.
@CL-mt3mn 5 жыл бұрын
The Cycling Canadian Bayan, not given the UNESCO Heritage award earlier, was basically due to the political situation in Myanmar.
@waiyanlinlin 5 жыл бұрын
Even us as a local we have never taken a train coz we already know the train services are poor .Anyway thanks for sharing your experiences.We are also hoping train services to be improved in future.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've heard a lot about the plans to upgrade the railway system in Myanmar. For a visiting tourist like me, however, the rough and ready quality of these old trains is very attractive. It's part of the adventure of the trip, if you know what I mean. So I didn't mind at all that the service level was low. It was actually non-existent when you think about it, since I never even saw a single staff member of the railway. It was just me in my private empty car for 20 hours. It was actually a lot of fun, and I have good memories of that ride even if it was a bit bumpy and strange. 😃
@WetWars360 Жыл бұрын
😮wow your so brave and amazing
@thinlizzy 5 жыл бұрын
The first part of the sign above the restroom said no alcohol and yet trying to get you into buy a bottle of beer..
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. Beer certainly seems to be a big part of this train ride. I'd read a little bit about this train beforehand, and it's standard for these women to sell beer to the foreigners that ride it. I just watched another video from foreigners riding this train, and they paid 4,000 kyat for a large can of beer. They were joking about it being the "foreigner price". 🙂🙂
@bdv6083 3 жыл бұрын
Had the come and watch this video.
@petpetpet666 5 жыл бұрын
great vlog loaded with info. I don't know why but I'm laughing (with you). Hahaha. You are a great sport
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
In situations like that, all you can do is laugh, right? It was a pretty absurd train ride, but a lot of fun in the end.
@jimmychoke1492 5 жыл бұрын
A long video....i enjoyed it...thanks for sharing with us!!!!!
@HtetAShine-du3qd 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the vlogs TCC. I miss home watching these.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed them. Where are you living now? How long have you been away from Myanmar?
@solo3109 4 жыл бұрын
Another beautiful video sir. Keep the good work up.
@kathleenmoriarty6431 5 жыл бұрын
An adventure you will not forget. Missed seeing the NPT station. Monsoon season does not hit that area to the same degree as in Yangon....1/3 of the rain. I just left there to return to Canada. Thank you for sharing.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
By NPT, do you mean Naypyidaw? Do you know if this set of tracks even goes through Naypyidaw? I thought it followed a route to the west of Naypyidaw. I could be wrong, though. I tried to figure out what towns the train went through, but I didn't have much luck. I don't remember it going through any towns or cities of any large size, though. They were all quite small places.
@MrMilanoLau 5 жыл бұрын
Great for those who love rock n' roll
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It's funny you should say that. The rhythmic thumping of the train was practically hypnotic. A few times, I found myself dancing around the train car to the drum beat.
@tak714 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video ! enjoyed it
@nnwe444 3 жыл бұрын
We really enjoy your channel! Thank you for promoting our country.
@athenab359 4 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Interesting how things are there. Can’t wait to visit. Will definitely do the train experience
@selfreflection2117 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting train ride. I like to listen to the details of your adventure. 😀
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It was definitely interesting, and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit despite the strangeness of being so isolated in there. As I said in the video, I don't think I could have endured such a long trip sitting on a hard bench. That would have been too much. But now that I know what the sleeper cars on the train are like, I'd do it again.
@selfreflection2117 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug Thanks for replying Douglas! Looking forward to your next adventure
@htunoo434 5 жыл бұрын
I admire you and like your videos as non judgemental westerner,base line informer.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, I try to keep a sense of perspective and just describe what I see and experience. And, hopefully, maintaining a sense of humor. 🙂
@CL-mt3mn 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, how you survived the torturous 20 hours train ride? Congratulations!
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It was probably the strangest train ride I've ever been on. With my total lack of contact with other passengers or railway employees, it felt like a ghost train. And the extreme roughness made it feel like an old wooden roller coaster. But I would do it again. In fact, after that trip, I wondered if I should take an entire month and do nothing but travel around Myanmar by train. It would be interesting.
@CL-mt3mn 5 жыл бұрын
The Cycling Canadian The rough train ride together with human isolation sounded like pure solitude and it was also very interesting. A greater consciousness could perhaps arise within your body and mind and I am sure you could do it again and again.
@Harinarayanchauhan 3 жыл бұрын
Woww Amazing I love it
@Jean-Naimar 5 жыл бұрын
Still my favourite place. So much more authentic than other South East Asian countries.
@theinpe3295 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your promotion for our country tourism.
@Organic_vatika 4 жыл бұрын
Great video & story
@stevesett1130 5 жыл бұрын
Congrats on completing 20 hrs train ride! Your vlog are authentic, I felt connected through nearly 1 hr long vlog. Hope you have great in Bagan which, by the way, just inscribed in world heritage today.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I heard about that. From what I understand, they first applied for World Heritage Site status 25 years ago. And their application was finally approved by UNESCO on July 6 (2019). It's now the second World Heritage Site in Myanmar.
@JuliaLeung6 3 жыл бұрын
Wow.. great journey 👍
@brentpartridge9477 5 жыл бұрын
Kiwi Greetings...That was awesome .
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It was a great trip. It made me want to take more trains in Myanmar someday.
@yananneteoh9818 5 жыл бұрын
What a nightmare your night train journey was! Great you got to Bagan in one piece... Hope you'll be nicely rewarded with a better time in Bagan.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Well, I wouldn't call it a nightmare. That might be a bit strong. 🙂 It was more a dreamlike experience - a bit odd and surreal. I guess there was some physical hardship with the constant bouncing up and down and shaking from side to side, but I kind of knew about that beforehand. Given a choice, I'd take the train again. And I did have a very good time in Bagan. I loved the temples and pagodas, but maybe I loved the fun of riding around on my rented e-bike even more. 🙂
@yananneteoh9818 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug Ah... but the cockroaches, mosquitoes and other creepy crawlies in the darkness; shut doors and no windows no light? You're a greater than a Spartan.
@basantkumarpatnaik6237 5 жыл бұрын
Well explained Sir,welcome to India.
@vinaymalwiya218 5 жыл бұрын
Excellant and honest explaination.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bittydaves2744 3 жыл бұрын
Nice Dude
@tokyosweetwalk7129 5 жыл бұрын
how excitement!
@TravelwithTommy 5 жыл бұрын
Wow a very long 20 hours train trip from Yangon to Bagan. I love train trip in Southeast Asia and Europe. Love your channel. New friend here. Hope you have a great day my friend.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, the trip was a long one. But it ended up being pretty enjoyable. Weird, but enjoyable. 😀
@nineaqua 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Doug, that must be the strangest train ride! I've never seen a totally isolated cabin. The only upside is that you got total privacy and that's about it. Good thing you brought some food with you otherwise you'll be starving! This video reminds me never to take a train for long journeys in Myanmar.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I'd never seen a train car like that before, either. When I bought my ticket, I just assumed that I would be able to walk up and down the entire length of the train and visit other cars and go to the dining car, etc. But I was trapped in my little train prison the entire time. It was easily the strangest train trip I'd been on in my life. But I still enjoyed it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was odd but fun. 🙂
@indiartobudisantoso7746 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome adventure ..... lol...
@amsylita 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience. Very informative 👍🏾 I just got back from Yangon myself a few weeks ago but didn’t have time to go Bagan. Fell in love with Myanmar and will definitely go to Bagan next. Your video was surely helpful! Very hilarious start 😂 of the train adventure. Thanks again for sharing!
@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos. I also missed out on quite a few places in Myanmar, and I'm planning to go back in a couple of weeks for perhaps a whirlwind tour of many more spots around the country. I'm sure you'll enjoy Bagan when you go back. It is so laid back and enjoyable and yet impressive at the same time. And for a place of such historic importance, it is so accessible. It doesn't feel remote and removed. You can move around among the temples and stupas and feel right at home.
@WanderEats 5 жыл бұрын
If I was stuck in that train prison for more than 24hours, I would have gone beserk... lol! Thanks for sharing your epic journey Doug as always. Take care of yourself buddy!
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Luckily, my prison sentence lasted just 20 hours. But, to be honest, I didn't mind being by myself for that long. It was weird, but not unpleasant. The only thing is that I wish I knew what it was like beforehand, and I wish I knew for sure that I had the whole car to myself. As it was, I could never really relax and just enjoy my private prison. I kept wondering if at the next stop, a half dozen people would suddenly pour in. And I guess I was lucky that the drinks woman went into the utility room and opened the fuse box and flipped up the fuses to turn on the lights and the fan. I imagine that I'd eventually have figured out how to do that, but who knows? I can imagine someone taking that train and sitting in the dark and the heat the entire time because they didn't know about fuses and fuse boxes.
@WanderEats 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug - yeah I was concerned too after the train left Yangon but luckily you were not disturbed. As for myself, I would prefer to be able to move around and more importantly, chill out for a coffee or drinks at the dining area or cafe. Did you know if they even serve food during the journey? Also I think you were meant to sleep on the top bunk buddy.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
@@WanderEats I've heard from people since then that staff from Myanmar Railways usually come to your car before it leaves, and you can pre-order dinner and breakfast. And then they bring it to your car. But no one ever came to my car. before or during my trip. In any event, I have no idea how that would even work. How could they even bring the meals to your car since there was no door into it from the other cars? The only way they could do it would be to wait until we stopped for two minutes at these small stations and then suddenly run down the platform from the dining car to my car and then run back again. That would work, but they'd have to time it precisely, and it would look pretty funny. 🙂
@WanderEats 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug yeah.. that would be a feat indeed. Anyways very glad to see you making it to Bagan safely.
@sandraaung1 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing info that I am looking for. I did a train ride from Hsipaw,northen shan state to Pyin Oo Lwin in Dec 2018, first class seater cost MMK 1800 ( USD 1.3) per seat. Journey took 8 hrs and very beautiful sceneries along the way The most unforgettable memo is passing Gokehteik Viaduct!!
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I've heard a lot about that train ride. I'm making plans to take that train myself - perhaps starting in Mandalay and then heading north up to Pyin Oo Lwin and then on to Hsipaw and perhaps Lashio. I don't know much about it yet. I just started doing some reading about it. Any other tips for riding the train in that area? So, you started in Hsipaw and then headed south. How did you get to Hsipaw to start the journey there? Had you gone up there by bus beforehand?
@sandraaung1 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug I have rented a car to Hsipaw from Mandalay around 9am. stopped at Pyin Oo Lwin for lunch break. Arrived Hsipaw around 5pm. I think Pyin Oo Lwin is a good starting point. I choose different transportation modes not to repeat same route. Some travellers like to hop off at Naung Cho, take the bus to Inle Lake.
@wangfly5256 5 жыл бұрын
Very impressive
@rext8949 3 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of my 16 hour journey from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Uncomfortable basic wooden benches. But I'll always treasure that trip when we rattled in the night through the wild countryside. It's great to travel through and to unknown places where everything is an experience to cherish later on.
@rushirushworth 3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that vide. It bought back similar memories of my own trip up the line that you can see on my own channel. I think I was lucky. When we went, we had a berth where you could get into you other parts of the train. There were also many people that got onboard during the night to sell us different things, a very different experience I think! Thanks for the video.
@PlanetDoug 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video as well. It does look like we had very different experiences. As far as I can remember, there were no cars like yours attached to my train at all. The only option for me was a car like I had - completely cut off from the rest of the train. And no one ever came into my car or even to my door or window to try to sell me food or beer or anything. It made for a somewhat odd Twilight Zone type of atmosphere. 🙂 And it could be just because you didn't mention it in your video, but your ride seemed quite a bit smoother than mine. I was thrown around so much and so hard during my journey that I was a bit bruised and battered and sore afterward. It was quite the experience just to hold on as my car rocked back and forth. It was a challenge but also a lot of fun. It was interesting to see the similarities, though, particularly the young women at the beginning who followed you into your car. And then you remarked on one of the train station dogs as you left Yangon. There were so many of those.
@horekere 4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting train journey.
@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын
It was definitely interesting. I'm hoping that when I go back to Myanmar, I can take trips on a few more trains.
@richjohn11 4 жыл бұрын
maybe someone from Ireland may read this, but the noise of the track reminds me of a stretch of line that ran from Rosslaire Harbour to Waterford Railway station, which I used to travel on when I was a kid. Even the rain adds to the memory
@mohdyusuffsharif944 3 жыл бұрын
For those adventurous types and do not prefer comfort and luxury... trip in Myanmar is the right choice..enjoy the chaos ... rough and bounce....
@Ronaldocarey1 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, thanks for the video. The train ride was more fun and pleasant during its golden days up to the 90s. The scenery was more enjoyable, and cleaner (less plastics and garbage). Oh I miss train rides. Myanmar railways really takes you back to 60s, like that final scene in "Days of Being Wild".
@sbvlogsswarup8982 3 жыл бұрын
While i am watching ur video, in a few sec i fell horrible to watch those girls who locked the door, its very scary incident to me , but its nice to see ur patience to manage the incident . God blessed .
@pushpanathannn 5 жыл бұрын
Very funny compartment with no connections to other compartments...20 hrs locked out !! Bad management ! WH&S issue big time if there is any issue comes up ! No connections to dining area of the on-moving train !! Its train prison! TCC, u r so lucky nothing major has happened to you for the 20 hours of travel in one locked-out compartment ! May be u have been blessed by Buddha for what u doing to community of world trvaellers to Myanmar..U have done a very good job for all of us..ur instructions were very clear and in very dtail. Ur help is much appreciated..thanks from Australia..
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. In a way, it was like a train prison. But, honestly, it wasn't that bad or that serious. I enjoyed the journey very much. And the train stopped at quite a few stations, so I could always get down from my car onto the platform and then walk to another car if there was a problem or an emergency. I just couldn't do that while the train was moving. 🙂 And maybe I could have done that to go to the dining car. I could walk to the dining car along the platform when we stopped at a station and then wait until the next station to walk back. I thought about doing that, but I had enough food and water with me for the whole trip, so it was no problem for me. I just stayed in my little train prison and enjoyed the scenery out the window.
@hanwin651 5 жыл бұрын
Great story . I follow though !
@ipswfile 5 жыл бұрын
I like your narration nonjudgemental you say things as they are
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I try to keep a sense of humor about things and just accept them as they are. 😀
@TheBurmeseDude 5 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, there was a Burmese actor named Pyay Naing who fell out of a sleeper car to the bottom of a high bridge near Taungoo, killing him violently. I've never seen what a sleeper car looks like until now, so thanks for that. Now that I know what it looks like, it's a great possibility that he was riding solo and could've walked out if the door wasn't shut, if sleeper car he took was something like this one, which is another great possibility since Burmese trains are all old. They said he would sleep walk sometimes, so this train car isn't a good idea at all for someone who does that. I used to so love to ride a train but last time I went back to Burma, they really discouraged me not to take the train, so you're very brave to take a 20-hour bouncy train ride. I still think seeing country side scenery by train is an irreplaceable experience.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised to hear the story of Pyay Naing. If you aren't careful (or if you sleepwalk), I think it would be quite easy to fall out of one of these trains. When I looked out the doorways or held my camera outside the train, I made sure to hold on tightly to something. If I were just standing there without holding on, and the train suddenly rocked or rolled in one direction, I could easily have been tossed outside. It moved around so much and so suddenly at times. But that is one of the great pleasures of traveling around this part of the world. I remember that on my very first trip overseas, I had the opportunity to ride on a train from New Delhi to Udaipur in India, and I was amazed that I could just sit in the doorway and watch the world go by. It was a magical experience. In Canada, it would be impossible because there are so many safety rules and regulations. So I get a lot of enjoyment out of train rides like this. They're great fun (as long as you don't fall outside, of course).
@gopikrishna2736 3 жыл бұрын
The experience you shared about my nation india as well as Myanmar is very impressive and by the way you're good story teller and I have observed lot of similarities between india and Myanmar like floura and fauna.
@sawxaimyinthtaylaoveingnou982 5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Myanmar from the kayin state.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🙂
@alainthijs1583 4 жыл бұрын
Many memorues. I was there in February 1993
@barbarajackson2208 4 жыл бұрын
Your very brave
@hellfiregrowler 2 жыл бұрын
Now that is one train I would love to take, despite my fear of roaches. Reminded me of a Sleeper I once got in Thailand that had a creepy crawly problem. Thai Whiskey and Beer probably helped me on my way to that land of Nod on that one! (being a train buff probably also helps deal with my phobia!). Probably just as well you were unable to get to the Buffet Car as it looked a bit sketchy when you walked past on the platform!
@kathleenmoriarty6431 5 жыл бұрын
Yes the tracks go to a huge station just outside NPT and this is the main line!
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware of that. Somehow I got the impression that there were two tracks - the line going through Napyitaw to Mandalay and then a second smaller line going directly to Bagan. Maybe that explains why I felt so lost all the time. The places I saw out of my window never matched up with what I saw on Google Maps. And I never saw any kind of large station. Perhaps I had the windows closed and was sleeping when we got to the station near Napyitaw. 😀
@Joe-hz6uc 5 жыл бұрын
Beware of thief when ur travelling alone or not place the bag near of you that will be more safer and nice trip for bagan
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I try to be as careful as I can. In this train car, I felt comfortable just leaving my bag sitting on the seat because I was all alone in there. No one could reach it through the window or the door. I guess that was one advantage to having the entire train car to myself. 🙂
@Binature Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Which camera you used ?
@PlanetDoug Жыл бұрын
This was a long time ago, before I bought my first GoPro and before I had any kind of microphone or special camera. All I had was an old and very broken Olympus OM-D E-M5 . And that's what I used on this train ride. That was the original E-M5 that came out in 2012. There was no microphone jack on that camera, and many things were broken, including the stabilization and autofocus. But that was the only camera I had at the time. 🙂
@samtun1083 5 жыл бұрын
Hi, again another interesting vlogs. Thanks for sharing and glad to see you are ok. Just one thing to highlight is workers along the way are not fixing for flood. It is for massive rail upgrade program that will shorten the trip by 2 to 3hr and also with new Trains from Japan. You wont have the same experience again in future after the upgrade is done :)
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing about the railway upgrade program when I went for a ride around Yangon on the circular railway. I only made that comment about the flooding because all the workers seemed to be working in deep pools of water. It looked like they had to get rid of the water first before they could get to work on the rails and the ties. 🙂
@samtun1083 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug Noted. Ic, I might be wrong :)
@bosaw5220 3 жыл бұрын
More or less the speaker said 10 USD for Yangon to Bagan train running about 17hrs trip is tips to travel for all budget travelers to get having fun and to meet local real experiences
@PlanetDoug 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That's very interesting. I often hear announcements like that in different countries, and I always wonder what they said. It sounds like this particular announcement was meant for foreign tourists like me.
@kathleenmoriarty6431 5 жыл бұрын
That was the explanation given to me by a local colleague but I found explanations to be incorrect at times - for a variety of reasons - I guess you understand that! Enjoy all of your discoveries…
@chrishtet6875 5 жыл бұрын
I am from myanmar i saw you vloging at the railway
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
That's great! That was a rainy morning, wasn't it? I didn't mind, though, because I could just sit inside the train and look out the window while it rained. Were you also going to Bagan, or did you take a train to somewhere else that day?
@bobbie6niner594 4 жыл бұрын
i think the coach you were in stated B2 sit position.
@climbeverest 5 жыл бұрын
Brave
@Joe-hz6uc 5 жыл бұрын
Yes u did u good thing closed your door that will be more safer for you by the way you should choose the upper class train from yangon that will be much more comfortable for you sorry for my english. But come bagan in december it will be a lot of fun than rainy season.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about some kind of "upper class" berth on the train, but when I bought my ticket there didn't seem to be any choice. They asked me if I wanted a sleeping berth and I said yes, and that was it. I didn't have a choice between different prices or different classes. There only seemed to be one class. I could be wrong. It's possible I just didn't understand what they were saying at the train ticket office. That happens a lot with me. I often misunderstand things. But it always works out in the end. 🙂
@TheTheGuinness 5 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing this! that train i wont try that when visiting next time in Myanmar, was palling little bit to use train, but no thanks. Even Indian trains are much much better.
@FilipiKnows_TV 5 жыл бұрын
hello... i love your videos! how much is the FARE? thank you
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
For this train, I paid 16,500 kyat, which is about $11.50 US. That's for a sleeping car, of course. I don't know for sure, but I think there is sometimes a class above this one with nicer beds and nicer conditions overall. Maybe during the busier seasons they add more sleeper cars and they are nicer ones for tourists. I don't know. For this train, there only seemed to be the one type of sleeper car. I wasn't given a choice of class or price. The standard price seemed to be 16,500 kyat. And normally, I think you'd be sharing this car with other people. I just got luck (or unlucky?) and I was the only person there. I had the whole section to myself.
@FilipiKnows_TV 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug whoaaa thank you!! Hope you visit the Philippines too!! :)
@georgeholmes1490 4 жыл бұрын
That was an awsome presentation thanks to you, i should visit Myanmar verry soon and do some train journeys as well. Do locals think its better to take the bus or to fly ?
@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын
I loved that whole train experience as well. And I'm currently planning to return to Myanmar in a couple of weeks, and I hope to ride on lots more trains. I kind of want to make it a focus of the trip. Local people in Myanmar really don't like the trains. For them, they're not quaint or historic or interesting. They're just slow and uncomfortable. So they prefer to fly or take the bus. I think buses are far more popular than flying for the simple reason that domestic flights in Myanmar are actually fairly expensive. I didn't take any flights inside the country, but I heard from lots of people that they were expensive. And I didn't take any buses either, but I heard from lots of people that they are very comfortable and reliable.
@georgeholmes1490 4 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug You will be there around a couple of weeks before my arrival( if I can get my visa)..I knew not there were more train trip destinations. It will be awsome to see your videos on your different train journeys. Yes, train travel sounds exciting as a tourist especially in Myanmar, i guess one can sample taste a variety of food and experiences durring and when the train arrives at the different stations , hopefully? It would be nice to meet up with locals and learn from their take on a variety of subject's..be it culture..Cuisine( probably lots to sample regards Game Cuisine, un farmed seafood, veggies), religion, fashion, etc ; etc
@leett9937 5 жыл бұрын
I feel scare for u when the 2 girl's approach. Anyway thank u for making such an interesting video.
@ShweMyaukMyauk 5 жыл бұрын
Lee Ti nothing to be scared of, MM people are honest and nice
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I wasn't worried about the two women. I was just kind of confused about why they closed and locked the door behind them when they came into my car. They were just selling beer and water and coffee, so it was weird that they locked the door. I guessed that it was just to keep out other people selling water. Then they can keep me prisoner as their customer. 🙂
@leett9937 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug thank. I am waiting for ur Mandalay Video. I am a Canadian living in Vancouver but I was born in raised in Mandalay.
@nusantarah4982 5 жыл бұрын
Your train experience in Myanmar sounds rather stressful n frustrating. Even sleazy lol. At least you had the whole coach to yourself during the trip. But I will personally pass such an experience. Thanks for sharing.
@ShweMyaukMyauk 5 жыл бұрын
Holy grail H which part was sleazy? There was no hanky Panky
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I guess it depends on what your expectations are. I enjoyed every minute of the train ride. It was sort of what I was expecting, and I don't mind a bit of adventure even if it is a bit stressful. The one really big surprise was how my car was cut off from the rest of the train. I'd never experienced that before. 🙂
@robinsontm1742 5 жыл бұрын
Curious to know if any body such as ticket checkers came to check you up for the entire journey. How safe is it security wise keeping the doors open, any one (bandits) can just jump into the carriage when moving slow.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough, no one ever came to check up on me. No one checked my ticket in Yangon, either. I never saw anyone from Myanmar Railways for the entire journey. I just got on what I thought was my car and that was it. I sat down and 20 hours later arrived in Bagan without seeing anyone. For me it was fine. I wasn't that worried about security, so I left the doors open much of the time just to get some airflow and be able to see the outside world. But it's true that anyone could have jumped into my car in any of the stations or even between stations when we were moving slowly. At night when I went to sleep, I closed both doors (and all the windows) and threw the latches, so it was quite secure then. Even so, it did feel odd to be in there all alone without any way to reach the rest of the train. 😀
@ElBloeTigre 4 жыл бұрын
Threre are no railway bandits in Myanmar.
@lonelytraveller2457 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Sir, Thanks for the video, nice! btw where did you find the ticket and how much is it? I plan to go there alone. Do you think is it safe for woman to have night travel at the train?
@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын
I bought the ticket in person at the Myanma Railways Booking Office in Yangon. You can find it easily on Google Maps. Just type that into the search window. This ticket-buying area is just around the corner from Yangon Central Railway Station. There isn't much information or signs in English there, but if you ask around at the different counters, they will direct you to the appropriate counter to buy tickets to whichever city you want to travel to. I believe I ended up buying my ticket to Bagan at Counter 14. You'll need to bring your passport with you. The ticketing system isn't computerized. It's all done on paper. So you can't buy tickets online. You have to physically go to the booking office to buy your ticket. And you should go there a few days in advance to make sure you can get a berth or a seat. My ticket to Bagan (a sleeper berth) was 16,500 kyats (about $11 US at the time). Whether it is safe for a woman to take this night train alone, I really don't know. My sense was that Myanmar was quite a safe country for foreign visitors. I didn't encounter any problems at all, and I haven't heard any stories from other people about problems. I think my situation on this train was a bit unique in that I had that entire sleeper to myself. No one else joined me for the entire trip. And it was a bit odd to be inside a compartment that was completely cut off from the rest of the train. My guess is that normally there will be other people in the compartment with you, and I think they tend to put all foreigners together in the same car. So you'll likely have other tourists in the car with you. I think traveling alone in Myanmar overall should fine. I wouldn't be concerned about it. In this train, in this secluded sleeper car overnight, I think I'd be more comfortable as a woman if someone were with me. Even I felt a bit weird in there all by myself cut off from the rest of the train. But I'd definitely recommend the experience. Train travel is always exciting, and it's even more so in Myanmar. 🙂
@lonelytraveller2457 4 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug thanks for your details answer. Very helpful info and you are a positive person. I don't hear complain about anything even I can put myself on the situation. Thanks for objective opinion over your videos.
@nweniwin3379 5 жыл бұрын
I can’t stop laughing about that ticket buying story. 🤣🤣🤣
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It was a funny experience, that's for sure. It's normal to go to the wrong ticket window at train stations or bus stations. But the way it happened in Yangon was pretty odd. But they were all very nice and helpful, and I eventually found the right window. 🙂
@ewengillies9826 5 жыл бұрын
You just put me off train travel in Myanmar watching your excursion. Looks far worse than any other trains I've been on in other countries and some are shockers. Got to be worth the airfare. Good vlog thabks fir sharing a real bht education. Bushyboy Oz.
@dashingmay 5 жыл бұрын
Watched other's videos on Myanmar train. They weren't that bad.
@ShweMyaukMyauk 5 жыл бұрын
Just take the bus for goodness sake
@Bloxy_Codes 2 жыл бұрын
The girl with the red skirt is trying to make you in trouble. Because the warning sign says "No alcoholic."
@amreshyadav2758 3 ай бұрын
seems rail line is meter gauage , what we call in india.. although its almost phased out...
@zarlimoe3709 4 жыл бұрын
This Rail track is a Burma First Rail Build by British in 1860.
@gusy629 4 жыл бұрын
Rail lines in Myanmar are more than a little bit unbalanced. LOL Apart from your incident experience, love some of the scenarios. Leave both doors locked. You will never know who might be on board without your knowledge.
@chinthomas6854 5 жыл бұрын
Did you get to eat any meal on your overnight train?
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
No, I didn't get to eat any meals. To be honest, I have no idea how that would have worked. There was some kind of dining car on the train. I walked past it on the way to my carriage, but I don't know if they served any food there. And even if they did, there wasn't any way to get there except by jumping out of the train at one of the brief stops and then running outside the train to the dining car and then jumping back in again. And if I did that, I'd have to wait until the train stopped before I could go back to my own car. Who knows how long that would be? Could be hours. It wasn't a problem for me, though. I brought my own food and water. And I tend not to eat full meals on long journeys anyway. I just have a snack, and I wait until I arrive somewhere to have a meal. But I do wonder how other people would handle this train trip. Most people eat regular meals and would want to eat something - especially on a journey that lasts 20 hours. Maybe you can order meals beforehand and have them brought to your car. But I have no idea how they would do that either.
@willylee2426 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug no wonder I could not find any snack challenges in this video.
@lonelytraveller2457 4 жыл бұрын
I am laughing with you here with the situation..that is unforgatable journey
@pumkok 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your wonderful video. Could you sleep on the sleeping train? God bless you.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
To my surprise, I was able to sleep a little bit. I normally have trouble sleeping - especially on anything that is moving. I didn't think I would be able to sleep at all on this train. But I did sleep. In the morning, I felt quite rested. 🙂
@pumkok 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your prompt reply. I am a native Burmese but left the country at the age of 4. I have not yet been to Bagan, etc so I really enjoy watching your videos on Burma. I am living and working in Berlin, Germany. Thank you once more and God bless you.
@jimmyng6852 5 жыл бұрын
Nice video but i am not going to do a trip like this - that's for sure. I will go bonkers being cooped up for 20 hours alone. Very wise of you to have locked both the doors of the carriage before you go to bed. Take care brother and travel safe. I am making a second trip to Yangon (first was in May) in a month's time because i missed some places which i ought to visit on my first short trip.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
What places are you thinking about in Yangon that you missed? I really liked Yangon myself. When I first got there, it actually seemed a bit tame compared to most cities I've visited in southeast Asia. That's probably because of the ban on motorcycles. But I really grew to enjoy the city. I missed it when I finally left.
@jimmyng6852 5 жыл бұрын
I made the mistake in only planning a 5 day trip on my first visit in May. All these were spent on travelling outside Yangon (Bago, Golden Rock and Dalla/Twandy across the Yangon River). I missed walking around the lanes and alleys of Yangon. This i will do on my coming trip next month and not missing out on the local food. Since I am from Kuala Lumpur which is only slightly more than 2 hours away, I might want to try out Bagan as you just did. Btw how did your boat ride from Bagan to Mandalay go?
@sk_ka_in8193 5 жыл бұрын
Strange train journey.. Mystery maynemar
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
My impression is that most things are quite casual in Myanmar. There was no one collecting the fares on the city buses in Yangon. There was simply a small box on the wall beside the door and people put in their money as they went in, and the bus driver wasn't monitoring it at all. And when I rented an e-bike in Bagan, there was no paperwork at all. They just handed me the key and let me drive away. They didn't even ask me for my name. It all seems to be on the honor system. So it makes sense that the train ride would be just as casual. As you said, it was an unusual train ride in Mystery Myanmar. 🙂
@ElBloeTigre 4 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug that's because trains are nationalised and operated at a loss. The central bus system in Yagon is subsidised too. This is because the externalities from having affordable travel are important for the wider economy.
@salvadordali6835 2 жыл бұрын
I know that Red Skirt Lady since she was child, basically she is vendor on station to sell water and other eateries . . . . . she can not sell Beer its illegal, but you can buy inside of Train . . . .
@zerui7_ 4 жыл бұрын
How The Train Journey ?
@uksrilankantraveller6783 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting to watch your video.. and your vlog is very nice...Subscribed..
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jheboii12051986 2 жыл бұрын
ohh shit 20hrs wow..
@nai9948 4 жыл бұрын
TRAIN SOUND ASMR
@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын
The sound could be overwhelming at times. As I think I mentioned in the video, it was MUCH louder in real life than how it sounded in the video. The microphone I was using was designed to focus on my voice and reduce ambient noise. So that Train ASMR was pretty dramatic. 🙂
@nai9948 4 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug I know right. 😂 When I lived in Myanmar, I used to live in Kachin State so.. I used to take one of those trains to go to Mandalay which was the only option that time. There were cilvil wars going on there in Kachin State around that time (I think there still is) and sometimes the train had to pass through the battlefield. So there were not only the sound of the train but also the sound of the gunshots and other big booming. Oh man! This video brings all the memories back. 😭
@zintun3575 5 жыл бұрын
You need to visit Mandalay and explore historic pagodas and monastic culture.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I'll be in Mandalay for two days after Bagan. That won't be enough time for me to see very much, but I'll get to see a little bit of the city.
@nanyaseansgoodness4384 5 жыл бұрын
Warmly welcome from Myanmar
@williamalford4248 5 жыл бұрын
One thing I've learned to accept about SE Asia is that you will often be misinformed. People would rather give you incorrect information than just say they don't know. I think they have good intentions and they truly feel it's rude to just say they don't know. I was in Cambodia for a month last October and it was really bad there. It got to the point where I just stopped asking questions, because I just assumed the answer was going to be incorrect anyway.
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you mean. One thing I've tried to do is train myself to NOT ask Yes/No questions because everyone just says "Yes" automatically to everything. It makes me wonder how many foreign tourists are wandering around the world with totally incorrect information because everyone just says "Yes" to whatever they ask. Instead of asking, "Does this train go to Bagan?" I'll try to ask "Where does this train go?" I still get incorrect information to my where/what/when questions, but I seem to get slightly more accurate answers than with Yes/No questions. 😃
@minthikechan599 5 жыл бұрын
Normally before train leave from station. A waiter from dinning cart come up and ask u to order dinner and breakfast .. Dont know why no one come up to u .mayb low season and less people on train i guess 🌝
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
It could be because it was low season. Or maybe I was in the wrong car and no one knew I was in there. The only people I saw were the young women that were selling bottles of water and beer. I'm still wondering how the food service would have worked though. Even if I had been able to order dinner and breakfast, how would they have brought it to the car? Or how would I get to the dining car? I'd have to climb along the outside like Spider Man. 🙂
@ShweMyaukMyauk 5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Myanmar the details are never correct online
@karenbaggot7032 3 жыл бұрын
Boy, that sounded so scary being trapped in the car.
@PlanetDoug 3 жыл бұрын
It was definitely unusual. I'm so accustomed to being able to walk up and down the full length of any train I've been on. That's part of the fun and the appeal of traveling by train. You aren't stuck in your seat. You can get up and move around. This is the first time I was ever on a train where I couldn't actually leave my car and go to any other car. Of course, I could jump out at any platform when the train wasn't moving, but that's the only time. But it was a fun trip. A lot of new experiences. 🙂
@henriquesombiga4338 5 жыл бұрын
Dude, come to India. I want to see your long vlogs about India.☺
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I often think about going to India. My first trip overseas in my life was to India on a kind of cultural exchange program. That was when I was 19 or 20 years old. I spent nearly four months in India, and I couldn't stop talking about it for the next ten years. It was an intense experience for a young Canadian who had never been outside of Canada before. That was in 1982. It would be interesting to see how much India has changed since then.
@henriquesombiga4338 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug well It has largest number of mobile users with lots of cheap data. So you will gain subscribers as well.
@user-cp3wc5yj3g 5 жыл бұрын
The Cycling Canadian Wow 10 years of whinging and complaining....
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
@@user-cp3wc5yj3g I don't think of it that way at all. I just learned so many new things, had so many new experiences, and was exposed to so much and it was such an intense time that it took ten years to talk about it all and get it out of my system. There were lots of young people in my exchange group that went to India from Canada, and I think we were all affected in the same way. We'd meet up years after the exchange program was over, and we were still talking about our time in India.
@user-cp3wc5yj3g 5 жыл бұрын
@@PlanetDoug All good, I was wondering if you're one of those who only travel to India to boost their subscriber numbers, and the moment they get what they want and return overseas start bad mouthing the place. There's a lot of so called vloggers who unfortunately do that sort of thing.
@dexadrinepancake 5 жыл бұрын
Do you still have to have brand new US$?
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, the money-changers still insist on any US cash being new and in very good condition. I changed some US bills, and the money-changers looked them over very carefully. If a bill has folds in it or writing or stains on it, it probably won't be accepted. If they do accept it, it will be at a lower rate. So, if you can, it's best to ask your bank (or wherever you get your cash) to give you the best and newest bills they can and to keep them flat in your luggage. Don't fold them in a wallet or anything like that. Everything seems to be changing fast in Myanmar, though, as it is opening up to more tourism. So it's very likely that you'll be able to simply withdraw local currency from any number of ATMs in the larger cities. That will incur local transaction fees, though. Every ATM I used charged 6,500 kyat per withdrawal ($4.30 US). That would be in addition to whatever fees and foreign exchange fees your bank charges. And they limit how much you can take out each time. I think the limit is $200 US.
@dexadrinepancake 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you @@PlanetDoug
@pushpanathannn 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much....I found Much better sleeper trains in Viet Nam (SaPali Express )
@JoJo-lm7dy 5 жыл бұрын
You should travel to myanmar in summer JAN to APR , Raining season nobody travel that why you lonely 😄
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
This definitely appears to be the low season. It surprises me though, how little it actually rains. There were some heavy rains and even some street flooding in Yangon, but it wasn't excessive. And up around Bagan and Mandalay it feels dry. It's cloudy and windy, but there isn't much rain at all. It would be interesting to visit Myanmar during the busy season just to see the difference.
@manuelmccarthy9565 5 жыл бұрын
Does JR work in Myanmar ? JR is a Japanese train company
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about this when I rode on my first train in Yangon. I noticed a lot of Japanese writing on the trains, and I found out that a lot of the train cars in use in Myanmar came from Japan. They were older styles that were phased out in Japan and not used anymore and they were either sold to Myanmar or donated. The trains still had the names of their original Japanese cities on them. They never bothered to remove the signs, which was kind of interesting.
@manuelmccarthy9565 5 жыл бұрын
Wow... to still have the names of the cities on them is kinda sad... don’t you think?
@PlanetDoug 5 жыл бұрын
I didn't think of it as sad. It just seemed kind of quirky and interesting. The local people know where the trains go, so they don't seem to need new signs on the train. Only foreign visitors like me get confused as I look for my train, and the train at Yangon station seems to be going to Japan! By the way, I found a short paragraph on Wikipedia about these train cars. It said that in 2005, the Japan Railways Group donated rolling stock to Myanmar, and these included JNR-era DMU's. I guess DMU stands for "diesel multiple unit." And China donated about 355 train cars. I remember that some of the train cars came from an eastern European country, too. I forget which country, though. And some are old British stock from colonial days. So the trains in Myanmar are quite an interesting mixture.
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