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Travel Day 1152 – Katha to Shwebo, MYANMAR After such a refreshingly nice day yesterday with all the friendly village kids, today we were already off and down the Ayeyarwady River… Unfortunately we were already off at 5am and in complete darkness, but since there was only one fast boat leaving per day, we simply […]
Travel Day 1151 – Katha, MYANMAR Katha was actually quite an interesting, unspoiled local place and how untouristic is was we came already to realize once we arrived yesterday evening… When the trishaw dropped us off by the Ayeyarwady River, we found ourselves in front of three house-like hotels, apparently the only three hotels in […]
Travel Day 1150 – Mandalay to Katha, MYANMAR Initially the intent was to go all the way up north to Myitkyina and then take a slow boat back to Mandalay, but there seemed to be a few problems with that idea… First of all to reach Myitkyina there were only two options, catching an expensive […]
Travel Day 1149 – Mandalay and Amarapura, MYANMAR My exploration of the Mandalay area continued today, but I went even further south and instead of using a bicycle, it was time to use a pick-up… So far I hadn’t used any pick-ups at all, although they were probably the most common means of transport in […]
Travel Day 1148 – Mandalay, MYANMAR Since riding a bike through Mandalay had been a great experience yesterday, I decided to continue exploring more on two wheels today… There were a few listed monasteries and temples further south in Mandalay and it seemed easy enough to visit them while pedaling along some other neighborhoods of […]
Travel Day 1147 – Mandalay, MYANMAR Yesterday I had wondered what the sights were in Mandalay, but today I had at least a little bit of an idea… To be fair, when I was reading my guide on the much too long bus ride yesterday, I already got the clue that Mandalay was not really […]
Travel Day 1146 – Bagan to Mandalay, MYANMAR After spending so many wonderful days in Bagan, it was unfortunately time to move on and see a little bit more of Myanmar… Instead of going towards Inle Lake first, as most travelers seemed to do, I rather opted for going north to Mandalay. For some reason […]
Travel Day 1145 – Bagan and Mount Popa, MYANMAR After not being too concerned about the nat before, today we decided to visit the pilgrimage site of Mount Popa on a day trip… Mount Popa was really only about 50 km away from Bagan and it was famous for its Buddhist temples and nat shrines. […]
Travel Day 1144 – Bagan, MYANMAR Seeing all the temples of Bagan inside and out was definitely an amazing experience, but they were actually also impressive at night… By now I had spent four days in Bagan, exploring all the temples, and if time would have permitted, it would have been nice to stay even […]
Travel Day 1143 – Bagan, MYANMAR While the red brick temples in the green fields of Bagan were an absolutely fascinating sight, the interior of the temples was interesting as well… During our first day in Bagan we had already learned that the temples were actually all hollow structures, in various states of repair and […]
Travel Day 1142 – Bagan, MYANMAR Bagan was absolutely amazing, it was simply stunning and yet it was not a UNESCO enlisted World Heritage site… When we climbed some temples yesterday and got a little bit of an overview of what the area of Bagan had to offer, we were simply in disbelieve. There were […]
Travel Day 1141 – Yangon to Bagan, MYANMAR After the more than underwhelming arrival in Yangon, Bagan appeared to be a very different animal, but it came to a certain price… While I normally like to spend at least 3 days in the first place of arrival in a new country, Yangon had made it […]
Travel Day 1140 – Yangon to Bagan, MYANMAR It was my Arrival Day in Myanmar and I was only waking up to the realization that something had to be done… The hotel I was staying at came recommended by other travellers because it was supposed to have a 10 USD dorm room. Technically it did […]