The next destination for me after Thailand was Myanmar. I decided to make my way there by land and cross the border at Mae Sot-Myawaddy land crossing. In general, I try to avoid flights as much as possible since you can see and experience so much more while travelling by overland. I took a bus from Chiang Mai to Tak, from where I switched to another smaller bus to Mae Sot – the border town in Thailand. After spending a night in Mae Sot, it was time to tackle the border and make my way into Myanmar. 
Picture. Thailand border office next to Mae Sot. 
Picture. Canoe on the flooded street of Hpa-An. 
Picture. A business owner in Hpa-An in his flooded shop.
Picture. Thailand border office next to Mae Sot. First day in Myanmar
Mae Sot-Myawaddy crossing turned out to be one of the most chill-out ones I have ever experienced. Stamping out from Thailand went really fast because there is a separate booth for foreign passports and I was the only one there. To get to the Myanmar side it is necessary to walk over a bridge. I filled in some paperwork, got my picture taken and after just 10-15 minutes I was stamped and in Myanmar. I ended up getting a shared car with another family to Hpa-An. The locals were telling me that the buses do not run because of mudslides and floods. Obviously, I was really suspicious about that because I had heard nothing about any floods. It turned out to be correct though. On our way to Hpa-An, our car needed to cross a couple of mudslides on the road and the fields around the road were filled with water. In some parts, it was only 5-10 cm higher water level needed for the road to be under it as well. I arrived in Hpa-An by the evening and checked in to a hotel. It was raining and in just a couple of hours, the streets were starting to get flooded by the water. What happened next, already check out from the video below!The road from Hpa-An to Yangon
To sum up, I teamed up with 3 Israeli travellers and decided to improvise and tackle the road to Yangon. We ended up making the way like this:- A public truck from Hpa-An to Thaton (2-3 hours).
- A tuk-tuk from Thaton to Don Wun (1 hour). That was the furthest it was allowed to get with a hired tuk-tuk.
- A random van (10 min). Right after getting out of the tuk-tuk some police/military officers stopped that van and put us on it to get further.
- Walked through a water obstacle from where regular cars were not getting through any more.
- A police truck (15 min). Almost the only vehicle driving on the other side was a police truck on where we were lucky enough to get a ride on.
- Walking some more.
- A canoe/boat with an engine to Bilin (45 min). That was the biggest flooded area. We waited for 3 hours on the road to get on the boat. We were already about to sit on a military truck to take us back when we got the news that we were allowed on a boat to get to the other side.
- A mini truck from Bilin to the main road (10 min). The boat dropped us off in Bilin.
- A big bus to Yangon bus station(4-5 hours). There were big buses waiting next to the main road.
- A taxi from Yangon bus station to the city centre/hotel (30 min).
Picture. Canoe on the flooded street of Hpa-An. Picture. A business owner in Hpa-An in his flooded shop.So, what was the situation?
It was the biggest flood in Myanmar during recent years. They get floods during monsoon season regularly but usually not that bad. About 140 000 people were displaced from their homes in Southern, Eastern and Central parts of Myanmar during these weeks. 16 people have been confirmed killed in the floods. Not to mention all the lost crops, washed out homes and roads. I consider myself lucky to get successfully through the floods in a relatively short time. It was not that easy for the locals though. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected. Lost and destroyed homes and lost crops as their main and usually only income source. It was a hard hit for the people of a country which is poor to begin with.