Photo Credit: Dominik M. Ramík This watchtower is smack in the middle of Hpa An. These is where you can find buses and shared taxis heading for Mae Sot. We got a shared taxi for 8,000kyat. Typical Asian, the locals will give up their seats to foreigners. They paid the same price (sometimes even more expensive) but they will willingly

Photo credit: Dominik M. Ramík Hpa-an is a small town but it is actually the capital of Kayin/Karen State in Myanmar, Burma. with three main tourist attraction.These are the: 1. Saddar Cave 2. Kawt Ka Taung Cave  3. Bat Cave  There's also a newly developed climbing site which is at Bayint Nyi Cave. However, I didn't stop by this town

Photo credit: Dominik M. Ramík There are two ways to get to Hpa-an from Mawlamyine-by bus or by boat. I went to Mawlamyine with the sole intention of taking a boat to Hpa-an. There were some kinks along the way as it was low season like the boat won't leave until there is a minimum of three persons booking it.

Photo credit: Dominik M. Ramík Mawlamyine is the capital of the Mon State. The lifestyle is too slow for an urban area but too fast to be rural. Just my perfect laid back town. The colonial houses lining up the main streets has a charm of its own. It is no wonder that Rudyard Kipling and George Orwell has fallen