Top 10 Tips for Independent Travelers going into Myanmar during the Hot Season

Here are some pratical tips on what to expect when travelling to Myanmar during the hot period.. OK, so you no doubt know that Myanmar has been a troubled land for so long, that is until the National League for Democracy’s sweeping win of the 2012 by-elections, put Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and several [...]

Ahoy Inle Lake!

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Having been all ‘templed’ out in ancient Bagan and desperately needing to escape the heat of Mandalay, we hopped on the next interstate ‘aircond’ bus to another much visited attraction of Myanmar, Inle Lake. We bumped into our French and Canadian travellers again. Always nice to see familiar faces. Hot steamy meat buns. Good for [...]

Gaga over Mohinga!

Mohinga to a Myanmarese is like what a hamburger is to Americans or pasta to Italians. Its a fast food dish found on the street aisles to teahouses around the country. the ever so tasty mohinga Mohinga is rice vermicelli in thick fish gravy with slivers of fish meat, sliced banana blossom, crushed crispy fritters, [...]

Arriba Mandalay! Myanmar (Part 2)

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Arriba Mandalay! Myanmar (Part 2) Picking up where we left off.. Our next stop, would be to see the largest book in the world. Largest book in the world? How exciting can this be, really. So we dashed through the busy Mandalay streets, three persons on a scooter, towards Kuthodaw Pagoda where 729 marble stones [...]

Arriba Mandalay! Myanmar (Part 1)

So from Bagan.. we head on to our next stop in Myanmar, Mandalay. Arriba Mandalay! Myanmar (Part 1 of this tale of travel through Mandalay – it was so long we had to split up the post) It would be nice to say, Arriba Mandalay! on this trip to Myanmar .. but, Not quite arriba, [...]

Beware of the Bagan Tiger in Myanmar!

The Bagan Tiger leaps to life when an intruder infiltrates its boundary! We arrived in Nyaung U (Nyaung Oo) near Bagan past midnight in a very dimly lit bus station together with another group of 3 travelers who were from North America. The aircond bus from Yangon was reasonably comfortable – comfortable meaning we were [...]

Yangon City, Myanmar

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Till this day and age, Burma or Myanmar still remains a world apart. Encounter dark, skinny men wearing skirt-like longyi, young boys and grannies alike, with orange and black betel-chewing teeth, woman and young women with patchy white thanaka smothered all over their faces. Turn back the clock and you will see that Myanmar is [...]