Leaving Sinbo

When we woke up in our guesthouse in Sinbo, Kachin State, on February 16th it was frigid and foggy outside.




James, a Kiwi, did his best to see how long his morning cigarette ash could dangle while he kept smoking it:




These veggies were being chopped up for our breakfast:




After eating, we headed down to the riverbank to catch our boat to Bhammo. This boat was sitting with a new coat of paint:




A few boats waiting for their time to shove off and down the river:




As we were sitting in our small boat, waiting to leave, I couldn't help but notice the message on the boat next to us:




Another thing I noticed on the boats was how they kept the turbines centred at the back - some had springs, but the tension on many was maintained with cheap bungy cords:




The trip down the river to Bhammo went fine. We got stuck on sandbars a number of times, so people had to get out and push, but we each arrived in one piece and settled down for a couple nights at a cheap hotel in Bhammo. The next day I went on an adventure with one of the Austrians...