Central Myanmar Archive
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…there is an emerging ‘hipster’ scene Myanmar/Burma is more than just Fishermen on Inle Lake and Pagodas. In fact these are now for the most part just a
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Inle Lake
Planning on going to Taunggyi Balloon Festival this year? Great! Go! Costing $12 to get there and back in an old open pick up truck stuffed to the
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Bagan
There is so much information about Bagan floating around the internet it can be hard to find the exact answer to a simple question you may have. So
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Inle Lake
There is so much information about Inle Lake it can be hard to find the exact answer to a specific and straight forward question you may have. So
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Inle Lake
Lucky for me I happened to be in the right place at the right time to experience the immense ballooning production that is the Taunggyi Balloon Festival. It
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Bagan
Bagan is the jewel in the crown on the Myanmar gringo trail, everyone wants to get there and see what the fuss is about. The infrastructure is getting
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Bagan
I can’t remember the names, if I even knew them to begin with, of most of my favourite Temples and Pagodas in Bagan. Yes I did study the
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Bagan
Along my way through Myanmar before reaching Bagan, many people would proudly proclaim that they had ‘used a REAL bike’ not one of those modern eBikes when they visited
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Bagan
These aren’t just another of those South East Asian sunrises/sets, if you’ve been travelling in the area for a while you’ll understand. But this really is the Marks
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Bagan
If you are there at the right season (approx November to February) hot air balloon rides are available at sunrise and sunset to view Bagan from the air.
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Inle Lake
Inle was quite a let down for me personally. I had been dreaming of this place with dark blue waters and one legged fishermen for literally years. Back
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Inle Lake
….The walk was again not that challenging, with some short inclines but mostly it was flat… Day 2 It was a relaxed start, waking up to breakfast being
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Inle Lake
We didn’t realise at the time but this was part of Inle Lake, we had arrived! Day 3 There were a few more inclines on day 3, but
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Kalaw
Woken up and thrown off the wonderfully comfortable VVVIP bus (read about it here) at stupid o’clock in the morning onto the streets of freezing cold Kalaw. A group
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Inle Lake
VIP luxury doesn’t even come close to describing the Yangon to Inle Lake bus that I had the pleasure to travel on. Bought for a bargain price of
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