After breakfast at the hostel, we rent some motorcycles, we want to climb the Zwegabin mountain.
It is the highest limestone mountain in the area, about eleven kilometers from Hpa An. It is easy to get there, just take the road next to the river about ten kilometers until you take the detour, it stands out among the countryside.
The day is very hot but we still go up. You have to pay to enter 5,000 MMK per pax.
In Lumbini Garden hundreds of Buddhas on stands surround the monastery.
Thousands of stairs separate us from the top, they say there are monkeys but we didn't see them. You have to be careful in some areas because if they are wet the stairs will slip. There is enough shade but you have to carry enough water because there are no stalls to the top (I guess it's because it's low season).
Monastery on the way to Zwegabin Mountain
They are building a big Buddha halfway up. It's definitely worth it.
Stairs to Zwegabin Mountain
We went up with several groups of locals and some tourists. At the top a monastery with a glass lookout point and spectacular views.
Zwegabin Mountain
The monks have a restaurant and shop so you can recharge your batteries. Of course, at the top barefoot and as it burns the ground.
Zwegabin Mountain Views
Zwegabin Mountain views
When we went down we had a drink in the restaurant downstairs. The kids come back from school and bathe in the pools.
Zwegabin Mountain
We go back to yesterday's pools Yae Tha Khon and have a beer.
Children swimming
It's going to be dark and we go back to Hpa An, get some speed and my helmet flies off, we recover it without incident.
We return the bikes and look for a restaurant for dinner, the lonely recommends Shan Ma Tau and she is right, very good Burmese food. They have a lot of casseroles to choose from always accompanied by rice, soup and dozens of bowls with vegetables, spices, dried fish, fermented tea leaves...
Motorcycles: 8,000 MMK each.
Dinner: Burmese food restaurant Shan Ma Tau 12.300 MMK 3 pax.
Accommodation: Little Hpa An Boutique Hostel 23$ double room with bathroom and breakfast included, no dollars or credit cards allowed.
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