Back home while we were planning this journey, we discussed the idea of visiting Myanmar and concluded that it was a must! Few weeks before going to this country, we heard the news about the complicated situation that has been going on in this country. We didn’t know how safe it was but we concluded …
At our arrival in Myanmar, we heard about this festival. The description of it made us adapt our plans for this country, in order to make it on time for this spectacular event! This festival takes place around the Full Moon of Tazaungmon (around end of October) a national holiday that marks the end of the …
Whoever skipped the Inle Lake while being in Myanmar, please check the pictures below and regret that you didn´t go there! Bagan is known to be attracting the most tourists in this country, but it´ll be very subjective to say that the Inle Lake is a serious competitor… well, definitely a top 3! We´ve travelled …
From Mandalay to Bagan, we had another ´short´bus ride of 9 hours. Bagan is a ´must-visit´place in Myanmar! Despite the damages that the 6.8 magnitude earth quake has brought to the city of temples in August 2016, there are many restorations going on and it is completely worth coming here. We rented our e-bike and …
We had only a 72 hour free transit visa and therefore not much time to spend in this city. We had no expectations but as it always happens, if you are not counting on anything you can always get pleasantly surprised. By the time we arrived to this city we managed to get into the …
The next part of our journey was the road towards the Eagle Festival. This 6 day trip had besides wonderful spots, amazing company, great food and some cold days.
We reserved a bus from our hostel to the Great Wall for approx 35 usd pp to visit the area of Mutianyu, which is not as crowded as other areas. It takes 1.5 hours from Beijing to reach this place and once you get there, you can choose either going up by cable car for …
Our next destination was the thermal waters. It felt good to stay there because it gave us access to a hot shower! Every km that you get further into the country side you get amazed with the beauty of this wonderful and interesting country.
As we had only three weeks in Mongolia and we wanted to reach the west side of the country to see the Golden Eagle Festival, we needed to select the route that we were going to follow in order to be on time for the big event. In another post we will explain a bit …
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After a bus ride of 10 hours from Hpa-An, we arrived at the station in Mandalay. Many taxi drivers are awaiting you here and offering their service for a pretty expensive price. This is a big city just like Yangon, but the prices are much higher. We took our taxi and arrived without reservation to …