Today is our last day in Mynmar. We have spent the last four days in Inle lake with a more relaxed program than usual. First of all we have enjoyed our hotel (Inle Lake View Resort) and our beautiful bungalow. Lots of garden space for the kids to run around, nice pool to relax, fantastic…… Continue reading Third station over
Month: March 2017
A visit to a special retirement home
The eight hour transfer on Monday from Yenangyaung brought us to Kalaw – a small city in Shan state locate among beautiful hills and valleys at an elevation of 1300m. It was a well-known place under the British colonial rule and you still see a lot of colonial architecture around. Today it is the focus…… Continue reading A visit to a special retirement home
A short walk in the neighborhood
We are currently staying at the Lei Thar Gone guesthouse in Yenangyaung on a beautiful hill overviewing the Irrawaddy river (check on TripAdvisor or http://www.leithargone-guesthouse.com if you travel to Myanmar). Le Thar Gone guesthouse was build about ten years ago by a visionary, local Burmese in order to construct and then finance a joint school…… Continue reading A short walk in the neighborhood
Catch of the day in Yenangyaung
Yesterday we asked Lyon – who manages the guesthouse – if he could arrange a fishing trip with a local guy. No problem he said. So this morning at 6.30am after a short breakfast Diego, Enzo and I walked to the nearby village where we were picked up by two motorbikes. After a rather adventerous…… Continue reading Catch of the day in Yenangyaung
Easy riding in Bagan
We left Bagan for Yenangyaung this morning. Bagan is the historical king city of Myanmar and counts over 2000 temples (pagodas, stupas) on an area of roughly 40 square km. We were impressed by the fantastic scenery right away – difficult to compare it with anything else. Basically you can look wherever you want and…… Continue reading Easy riding in Bagan
A great day on the Irrawaddy
It’s currently 9.18pm and we have anchored the RV Yandabo near a sandbank on the Irrawaddy river somewhere between Mandalay and Bagan. Outside it’s pitch black, the moon is almost full, a fisherman has lit a small fire on the riverbank and from a village nearby we hear burmese music. The whole athmosphere is just…… Continue reading A great day on the Irrawaddy
Mandalay: a drive to remember
After arriving yesterday and visiting U Bein bridge in the late afternoon, today we decided to check out downtown. In the morning we first headed for a traditional tourist attraction and visited a typical gold workshop. A must as Mandalay is the main provider of the super-thin gold leaflets throughout Asia – the ones that…… Continue reading Mandalay: a drive to remember
Why I now use IRing …
… or how a bad monday ended exceptionally well. This morning we decided that have our laundry done and instead of spending USD 4 for each shirt (hotel price) we found that the external laundry charges 4000 Kyat (USD 3) for the whole laundry and supposedly delivers to your hotel (Magic Wash Yangon). We then…… Continue reading Why I now use IRing …
Mingalarbar …
welcome to Myanmar – our next station until the end of march. After a very comfortable trip from Kuching with a stop-over in Kuala Lumpur we landed in Yangon. What a change! Already at the airport we could feel that this would be a different thing. From the hot and very humid environment in Borneo…… Continue reading Mingalarbar …
Second station
… is over and it should end with a small tribute to The Kebun. You will find the relevant facts and figures on their homepage (www.thekebun.com) – but let me just say that we really had wonderful twelve days here. The large property is set in a beautiful surrounding bordering the Kubah National Park and…… Continue reading Second station
Beyond The End of (Y)our Nose 