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Kuta Beach and the Sasak Village Sade

February 10, 2014 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

The nice Beach with clear Water in Kuta on Lombok, Indonesia

Travel Day 673 – Kuta and Sade on Lombok, INDONESIA Despite the fact that lovely Kuta came with a nice beach right by our guest house, we still decided to do something else before hitting the sand… There were a few local Sasak Villages that we had passed by yesterday on the drive to Kuta […]

Palaung Women and Buddhist Monks

October 4, 2013 by Dennis Kopp 2 Comments

Palaung Women going to the Buddhist Monastery, Myanmar

Travel Day 1158 – Pankam Village to Hsipaw, MYANMAR After quite a good night of sleep in our little bamboo hut we had to make sure to be up early to see the feeding of the monks… Actually we were already woken up in the middle of the night as it seemed when the old […]

Hiking to Pankam, the Palaung Village

October 3, 2013 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

Hike to the Palaung Hill Tribe Village in Myanmar

Travel Day 1157 – Hsipaw to Pankam Village, MYANMAR After our long but exciting train ride across the Gokteik Viaduct yesterday, we were luckily still able to arrange a Palaung village hike… The popular guesthouse we were staying at in Hsipaw offered personalized guided hikes to the surrounding Shan or Palaung villages. These offers ranged […]

No Choices but a great Day in Katha

September 27, 2013 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

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 […]