{"id":3622,"date":"2020-07-12T09:29:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T09:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:49:09","slug":"tedim-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2020\/07\/12\/tedim-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first impressions of Myanmar in the remote Chin state \u2013 One night in Tedim"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3622\" class=\"elementor elementor-3622\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10d38b94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10d38b94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8a6d8\" data-id=\"c8a6d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f548ff3 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"f548ff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f0b7872 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 22, 2020\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fcf06e9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDay 149\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b7f90aa elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-compass\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTedim, Myanmar\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5c90350 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-suitcase\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16950 Km\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58bfb6fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58bfb6fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"leadin wp-block-paragraph\">Myanmar\u2019s Chin state, with its beautiful nature, mountains and strong traditions, is, for sure, a fascinating place for an adventurous traveler to explore. But being also one of the least developed and least traveled states of Myanmar, it wasn\u2019t the easiest place to arrive. After crossing the border from India, our first destination in Myanmar was the small town of Tedim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dusty road from border to Tedim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/2020\/06\/30\/overland-from-india-to-myanmar-zokhawthar-rihkhawdar-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"crossed from India into Myanmar through the remote Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border (opens in a new tab)\">crossed from India into Myanmar through the remote Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border<\/a>. After getting into the country, we had to find a way of transport for us from the border on. We couldn\u2019t find any info about public transport between Rihkhawdar and Tedim (or any other place) beforehand, but the friendly guy at the border post found us a pick-up truck that was headed towards Tedim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The roads on the Indian side before the border had been bad, but nothing compared to the roads in this part of the Chin state. The road from Rihkhawdar to Tedim was not only bumpy but also extremely dusty (not a good combo with an open pick-up). This must have been the second-worst road of our journey so far, right after the 200-kilometer-long construction site in the Pakistani mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170134.jpg\" alt=\"Myanmar\u2019s Chin state, with its beautiful nature, mountains and strong traditions, is, for sure, a fascinating place for an adventurous traveler to explore. But being also one of the least developed and least traveled states of Myanmar, it wasn\u2019t the easiest place to arrive. After crossing the border from India, our first destinations in Myanmar was the small town of Tedim.\" class=\"wp-image-3621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170134.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170134-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170134-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170134-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><figcaption>We (and our backpacks) were covered in dust by the time we arrived in Tedim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, we thought that we were driving on\nthe right side of the road because it happened to be in a slightly better\ncondition, but soon we learned that the traffic really is right-sided in\nMyanmar. This was confusing, as it\u2019s left-sided in the neighboring India and\nThailand. It turns out, that in Myanmar the traffic was changed to right side\nwithin a day in 1970, by the dictator U Ne Win who followed the advice of his\nastronomer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meaty lunch break with Jesus-preaching\ndrunkard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the way to Tedim we (or at least the others) had a lunch stop in a small roadside village. When we entered the restaurant, we saw that they had spread pretty much every single part of an animal on the table. We didn\u2019t have high hopes on finding vegetarian food but still tried to ask for it with the assistance of a fellow-passenger who could speak a little bit of English. No luck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the others ate, we had a chat with the village\u2019s own drunkard. He was mainly preaching us about Jesus, but he also welcomed us to Myanmar several times, which was nice. Strangely the man followed Seri to the toilets, went in after him, and came out carrying the toilet cleaning brush. Would have been interesting to know why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First impressions and confusion in Tedim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tedim is a small town, inhabited mainly by the Zomi people, who are mostly Christians. Being all of a sudden in this small town where we couldn\u2019t understand anyone, in a new country, surrounded by a whole new culture and new customs, we felt a bit misplaced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The views from the town over to the\nmountains are nice, but as we had seen so many mountains in the last weeks and\nmonths, we didn\u2019t get too excited. Other than that, we don\u2019t know what there would\nbe to see in Tedim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170140-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The main street of Tedim\" class=\"wp-image-3618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170140-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170140-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170140-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170140.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The main street of Tedim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While walking around the town, we kept popping into a group of totally drunken, but friendly, young men. The percentage of drunken people out of all the people we had seen today was pretty high. If it was anything like that in Mizoram before, we don\u2019t wonder why they made it a dry state. Also, the road-sides and villages are dotted with alcohol advertisements, which was quite a contrast to Mizoram where we didn\u2019t see any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170114-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Roadside gas station with Imperial Blue Whiskey ad\" class=\"wp-image-3620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170114-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170114-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170114-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170114.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Roadside gas station with Imperial Blue Whiskey ad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drunken men had something white smeared all over their faces, and we also saw other people with similar looks. Later we learned that it\u2019s Thanaka, a paste made out of tree bark, used widely in Myanmar as sun protection and\/or make-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding accommodation in Tedim <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are at least two guesthouses in town that accept foreigners. We stayed in Ciimnuai Guesthouse where we got a single room with a shared toilet with a bucket shower for 20 000 kyat (13 euros). After India this felt relatively expensive. The guesthouse was very cozy and the owner could speak English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114346-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The common room of Ciimnuai Guesthouse\" class=\"wp-image-3616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114346-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114346-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114346-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114346.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The common room of Ciimnuai Guesthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114313-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The view from the window was pretty nice\" class=\"wp-image-3615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114313-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114313-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114313-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200121_114313.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The view from the window was pretty nice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding (or not) money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we had only changed a small amount of\nmoney at the border, we had to get more. There are two banks in Tedim. The one\nwas closed and we couldn\u2019t reach the ATM at all, as it was located behind the\nlocked fence. The second one just didn\u2019t work. Soon we realized that there was\nno electricity in the whole town at that moment, so no wonder. Luckily, we\nstill had enough money in order to get out of Tedim the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding (or not) vegetarian food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since we hadn\u2019t had any breakfast or lunch, we were pretty hungry. The tradition of everything closing early on the Indian side of the border seemed to continue here in Tedim. It was 4.30 pm and most of the restaurants and shops had closed already. We tried to ask for something vegetarian in the few places that were still open, but no-one could understand us. Usually we carry a note written in the local language, stating what we do and don\u2019t eat. Now we didn\u2019t have one, as we didn\u2019t even know what the local language was (FYI: it\u2019s called Zomi as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_163852-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"This long, green vegetable seems to be very popular in this part of Myanmar. Pity that we didn't get the chance to taste it yet\" class=\"wp-image-3613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_163852-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_163852-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_163852-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_163852.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This long, green vegetable seems to be very popular in this part of Myanmar. Pity that we didn&#8217;t get the chance to taste it yet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one small shop we found a woman who\ncould speak English. She sold us local sim-cards (buying and activating one in\nMyanmar is 100 times easier than in India). On the same go, we asked her if she\nknew any place where we could find some vegetarian food. She didn\u2019t, but she\nstarted calling around in order to find us something to eat. How lovely!\nUnfortunately, she didn\u2019t have any luck either \u2013 it seems that food without\nmeat is not a concept in Tedim. We bought two packs of Korean instant noodles,\nan avocado and our first ever Myanmar Beer and enjoyed this lovely dinner at our\nguesthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_172549_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Our combined breakfast, lunch and dinner\" class=\"wp-image-3614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_172549_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_172549_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_172549_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200120_172549_1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our combined breakfast, lunch and dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journey into Myanmar continues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do enjoy traveling to remote places off the beaten path (which probably is clear for anyone who\u2019s been reading our blog), but it\u2019s better done when you already have some idea of how things work in that particular country. We soon understood that there was not much that we could get out of Tedim at the moment and that it was better to continue to someplace bigger, with a little bit more infrastructure. The next morning, we headed to Kalay, where it slowly started to feel like we had arrived in South-East Asia\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170143-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for our ride to Kalay\" class=\"wp-image-3619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170143-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170143-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170143-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1170143.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Waiting for our ride to Kalay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get from Tedim to Kalay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of January 2020, the minibusses from Tedim to Kalay leave at 7 am and at noontime (probably not on Sundays and Mondays). The price was 8000 kyat per person. 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