In a hurry

When the planes failed to appear at the airport at Ngapali last weekend, some tourists became impatient to return to Rangoon (Yangon). The local bus takes 14 hours to cross the Irrawaddy delta and is famously uncomfortable. Still, eager to make their connections in Yangon, 17 travellers climbed aboard with their roll-on luggage and sunscreen. Forty eight hours later Chris boarded the first plane out to Yangon. The bus travellers had not returned to Ngapali. Perhaps they are still skirting the swirling flood waters?