5 destinations we would love to revisit
Isn’t it funny how some places stick with you long after you’ve departed, while others don’t? Here are our top 5 destinations we want to revisit someday!
Tag: Myanmar
The only packing guide you’ll ever need for Southeast Asia!
It’s hard to know what to pack for a trip to Southeast Asia sometimes! This post will hopefully help you out. Sometimes, it’s a nightmare deciding what to pack for a trip overseas. We made numerous lists, packed and re-packed…
Yangon: exploring Myanmar’s biggest city
Our final stop on our trip to Myanmar was Yangon, the biggest and former capital city. Yangon is a fascinating city. On one side of the road you have old, crumbling colonial English buildings, and on the other side there…
Inle Lake, Myanmar: touring the lake on a longboat
The best thing to do in Inle Lake is to hire a longboat and tour around the floating villages, temples, and markets for a day!
Inle Lake, Myanmar: the Buddha cave and a Burmese winery
Inle Lake was the perfect place to end our trek – most of the things to do there didn’t involve much walking.
Trekking from Kalaw to Inle Lake, Myanmar: the best thing we have ever done
One thing we really wanted to do in Myanmar was the 3 day 50 km trek from Kalaw to Inle Lake. It ended up being the #1 highlight of the trip!
Zooming around temples in Bagan, Myanmar
Bagan was a nice contrast to the madness of Mandalay – much less traffic and far easier to find places to eat. The main attraction in Bagan is the multitude of temples, of which thousands are dotted across the plains…
Getting lost in Mandalay’s back streets
Mandalay has grown on us. We have found charming scenes in what started off as a dirty, noisy, unfamiliar city.
Braving the dust and noise in Mandalay
Whew! As a first foray into Myanmar, Mandalay is surely plunging into the deep end (although I’m not sure that there is a shallow end in this country!). We arrived via Air Asia – being the only plane at an…
Street food in Bangkok’s Chinatown and visas for Myanmar
We decided to have a lazy morning after our hectic day the day before, so we hung around Khao San and Rambuttri, got a brutal Thai massage, had a pad Thai off the street, and lazed around by the rooftop…
Useful sites and blogs for Southeast Asia travel planning
While planning this trip, we’ve used online sources for accommodation and figuring out how to get from A to B, rather than guidebooks which are often really out of date. That said, we’re taking chapters of the Lonely Planet with…