After travelling the north for a couple of weeks, I biked to Bagan bus station and took the night bus back to Yangon. I was lucky to be able to check in to my hotel early morning and though it was tempting to take a nap, I went straight to the Chinese embassy to apply for a visa. Long waiting time and again declined, this time because I didn't have a ticket in and out of the country. "Rules are rules" and however stupid they are, I now need to do a detour to Vientiane in Laos to apply based on fake tickets like many other people...