In every city and hotel I stayed at in Burma we had a power cut. I walked through my neighbourhood in Rangoon and the streets were pitch black and only illuminated by the many people walking with mobile phones. On the street that my hotel was in there wee many large generators on the roadside for just an occasion and when my hotel was affected it only took two or three minutes before the back up kicked in.

So all over Burma you will come across this situation and I must admit it didn’t really cause a big problem but it must be very annoying if you have to rely on large diesel generators to keep your business running smoothly and I would imagine that they would cost a small fortune.

Even at Heho Airport near Inle Lake we had a blackout for a few minutes, now this could be a problem when an airport loses power. The reaction of the staff and locals was to just laugh, I guess there’s not much else you can do.