The flight into Thandwe airport is impressive. The airport itself sits on the beach, as you fly in you get a birds eye view of the beaches below and the Bay of Bengal strenching out blue and glittering in the sun. It’s a good introduction to Ngalapi. The hostel I was staying at was pure…

The E-Bikes are straight forward vehicles. The right hand grip is the throttle, along with a manual squeeze brake. When I first mounted one of these things it was hard not to accidentally turn back the throttle and leap forward, which is exactly what I did and catapulted myself across the road and skid out…

The area of Bagan exploded in temple building dating back to the 11th century, when King Anawrathta was converted from Hindu to Buddhism by the monk Shin Arahan. Like all good monarchs that switch religion, he did so with much gusto and started an enormous Buddhist temple building exercise that lasted the course of 200…

The flight to Mandalay was aboard a small two prop aeroplane, just flying low enough below the cloud layer to enjoy the view of the lands below. I really like small planes like this, they’re agile and move quickly, not having that slow lethargic feeling of the bigger long distance planes. I had lucked on…

The bus to Inle Lake was meant to come by the main road at 7pm. I’d scoped out the road the day before and was wondering how I’m going to figure out which bus to try and hail down that was mine. As it would turn out, the girl on reception told me to wait…

Hpa-An is the capital of the Kayin state, and while the city itself doesn’t have any attractions, other than sitting by the river and letting time pass by, it’s what’s surrounding the city that is fasinating. Buddha’s, so many Buddha’s. Living in caves. After finding the backpackers with Dan and the French girls, it would…

Mawlamyine (nee. Moulmein), once the capital of British Burma from 1826 to 1852, it’s as though the colonial buildings have receded back into the undergrowth and the jungle has taken back ownership. The odd old building stands out, but more over this is a Myanmar city again, and situated along the Thanlwin River it delivers…

Bago doesn’t seem to make it on the top places to see in Myanmar, and I have no idea why that is that case. This is an amazing city with so much see nearby, and within the spawling city itself. Most recommendation are to take a day tip out here, where as I would argue…

I decided to head out on foot to the Nation Museum, which worked out to be around a 45min walk. As the sun glared down at me and my body lost litres of liquid I quickly began wondering if this was such a good idea. On top of that was trying to cross the 6…

The flight to Yangon was good. Once you reach the point where you can see the ground something really cool can be viewed. Every once in a while there are these grand silver pagodas ringed in green gardens that just stand out in the country land. Its just not something you see any where else,…