Myanmar – Bagan – wondrous, ancient capital
Bagan is located on the banks of the mighty Ayeyarwady (Irawaddy) river in central Myanmar. It is one of the world’s finest sites archaeologically speaking. It is ranked with Angkor Continue Reading →
Month: June 2018
Volunteering at the ThaBarWa Meditation Centre – Thanlyn, Yangon
One of the joys of staying in hostels with other travelers, is that you meet truly amazing people and they have great stories to tell. Several times I met folk Continue Reading →
Myanmar – Yangon, city of contrasts.
Yangon – a city of contrasts in a country of contrasts – all of it fascinating and quite delightful. Yangon was the country’s capital until 2006 when a wholly new Continue Reading →
Myanmar – fascinating, new, interesting. Lovely people.
The main reason why I wanted to visit Myanmar is because it has only been open to international tourism for a few years and it is unspoiled from that perspective. Continue Reading →
Thailand – au revoir
The “au revoir” is because I will return to Thailand after Myanmar to visit Chiang Mai, Pai and Chiang Rai before crossing into Laos. But I digress, first there is Continue Reading →
Thailand – in the North
I’ve so enjoyed cycling the rural routes from Ayutthaya through Sing Buri and Nakhon Sawan to Kamphaeng Phet. Northern Thailand is lush and green with farmland. The main crops I Continue Reading →
