Ever since we had adopted our new travel style of no research but go by feel, a lot of interesting people had come into our lives. One such person had just finished her travels through Myanmar and we crossed paths in the hostel we stayed at. This hike, from Kalaw to Inle, was highly recommended by her. Hearing the same story from a couple others as well cemented our...
Read MoreThe bus ride was bumpy. No, terribly bumpy. Scratch that, indefatigably bumpy. Like horribly, terribly, supercallifragilisticexpialidociously BUMPY (Did I just extend the longest word in the English dictionary to make an even longer word? Dang, yes I did!). Jodee and I, after spending three days in Inle Lake, had caught a bus to the much heard about Bagan....
Read More“To see a world in a grain of sand, And heaven in a wildflower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour” – William Blake These words trickled into my consciousness as I gazed awestruck and dumbfounded it at the massiveness of the beauty that lay before me. The landscape vista of the Shan State of Myanmar is, in a word, breathtaking....
Read MoreNote: This is a travel advice post. The purpose of this is simply to help future travelers on their trip, not necessarily a narrative like my other blogs. When you arrive in Yangon downtown you will see a lot of travel agencies to book these bus tickets. A good example is 31st Street where I got mine. There were at least 3 travel agencies between Bogyoke and...
Read MoreWe had postponed our bus trip to Inle Lake (next blog coming soon!) by a day to visit the snake temple in the town of Twante, south of Yangon. As providence would have it, we met this nice amazing man at breakfast in the hostel. His name was Bradley, and he was from Cameroon. He told us about the community, the tribe as he called it, that he was from. Where the...
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