The second day in Yangon dawned bright and early with Jodee and I heading out first to acclimatize ourselves, sartorially… Donned in Lungis, or Longyis as the Burmese call them, we headed over to see the number one attraction in Yangon, the huuuuuuuge golden bell that forms the roof of the biggest of the gazillion Pagodas in Myanmar, the Shwedagon Pagoda. The...
Read MoreI booked tickets with Golden Myanmar Airlines to Yangon, as they were the cheapest airline. For family reasons I changed my flight last minute to the next day. Their website was a bit sketch, and the transaction fell through halfway resulting in the CC being charged but the ticket not being issued (I have to say, I still prefer this to Lion Air, an Indo-Thai budget...
Read MoreRecently, on my travels I had knee surgery done in Croatia. You can read about my experience in my blog here. I’m writing this entry for any traveler who finds themselves in Central Europe looking for some medical attention. If you’re not an EU citizen with access to the awesome public healthcare across Europe, you might be out a pretty penny if you need...
Read MoreHopping from hotel to hostel to couch wreaks havoc on those little luxuries called ‘daily routines’. That morning cuppa’ at your favorite cafe, that after shower relaxation, that staring out the window for the better part of an hour, once normal, now become anything but. One daily routine that I need (as evinced by my ever present love handles) and...
Read MoreIt was February of 2014. Jodee and I were sitting in a Chinese restaurant, somewhere in the depths of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco. We were talking about what we wanted to do, how to plan this trip, shall we start planning, etc… At that moment, the fortune cookies came, standard with the bill. We both opened them, and these were the cookies fortune...
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