Travel blog of a digital nomad.
At 1.2 km long U Bein Bridge is the longest teak bridge in the world. The bridge crosses over a shallow lake at Amarapura (now a suburb of Mandalay), which was the former capital of Burma. Most guides recommend coming out in the evening to catch the bridge at sunset. I was leaving that day [...] Read more »
Ahh Mandalay, surely one of the most evocotive destination names in the world (up there with Zanzibar and Timbuktu). Rudyard Kipling may have had something to do with that with his poem (On the road to) Mandalay. For our generation, being in the middle of a land that has been under an economic embargo, Mandalay [...] Read more »
A leg rowing fisherman on Inle Lake, rowing with one leg while controlling a net. As with any great skill, they make it look so easy to balance at the end of a small boat with an oar wrapped around their leg. I’m sure I would end up in the drink after 2 seconds of [...] Read more »
Boy monk at a Buddhist monastery near Kalaw, eager to show me his best lotus. Travel Photos: Kalaw Photo Gallery Read more »
Some of the 2000+ temples of the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar. Travel Photos: Bagan Photo Gallery Read more »
Sule Pagoda (Paya) is the central point of the city of Yangon, occupying a roundabout next to the British era City Hall. While nowhere near as impressive as the Shwedagon Pagoda, the pagoda must surely be the worlds most scenic roundabout. Travel Photos: Yangon Photo Gallery Read more »
My trip to Myanmar (Burma) was already off to a flying start, with highlights such as the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and cycling around the temples of Bagan. I had heard much of these places so I was prepared to be wowed (which I was). What I didn’t figure on was how much of a [...] Read more »
After visiting the incredible Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon I was wondering if anything could top that in Myanmar? It didn’t take long to find out, with my next stop at Bagan. [Temples on the Bagan Plain] Ancient Bagan Bagan is the site of a ruined city in central Myanmar that was a powerful capital nearly [...] Read more »
[Shwedagon Pagoda (Paya), Yangon - Myanmar] Visitors to Europe would be familiar with the phenomenon of being cathedralled out. This is when you visit lots of cathedrals in a short space of time, to the point that you tire of even the grandest of cathedrals. The same happens with the temples of Asia. To be [...] Read more »
New Country: Myanmar (Burma) Date: 19 November 2011 Myanmar (or the artist formerly known as Burma) has long been on my to visit list. Over 10 years ago one of my good travel friends described the temples of Bagan to me in such a way that I have wanted to go ever since. For western [...] Read more »