Yes, finally I can announce that a new adventure is on the cards come February next year work commitments permitting – I should be flying off for three and a half weeks in South East Asia. To actually be thinking about travel again in the future tense rather than the past tense is awesome. The focus of the trip is two-fold –
Firstly to discover Myanmar, or Burma if you prefer. This looms as my shortest overseas jaunt ever so I won’t be getting all the places I’d like, but as far as Asia goes Burma seems like an amazing choice, still not flooded with tourists (although tourism is clearly growing) it has a real air of adventure about it.
I’ve been researching as you might imagine and I plan to fly into Mandalay and have around five days there including a couple of day trips and if I can I want to take the train Hispaw – I was recently inspired by the Honey Trekkers who have an amazing blog and have really explored Burma. You can read their post on the train journey and area HERE.
From Mandalay I shall make my way southwards to the amazing temples of Bagan, across to the Inle Lake if time allows and finish with 2-3 days in Yangon.
Purpose Two of the trip is to return to get back to Thailand where I haven’t been for over a decade and get some good photos of the place. My travels will be limited I expect to Bangkok (I never made it to the floating markets), Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai (I haven’t been to Chiang Rai yet, that may only be a day trip from Chaing Mai), and if I can squeeze it in I really want to get back to Angkor Wat and Siem Reap in Cambodia – capture some more images of the place etc. With really cheap flights available from Bangkok, it’s not that far away!
So. Those are my plans. My planned date of departure is the 14th of February. It’s not really that far away. My ‘to do/ to see’ list is already probably far longer than the time I will have to get it seen to. But hey, the thought of travel coming up is always exciting!
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Sounds like it’s set to be a fantastic trip! I haven’t been to Burma or Cambodia but would love to visit both. Chiang Mai was one of my favourite places in Thailand though so would love to revisit there myself.
Wow, excellent, sounds the travel will be an exciting one! I hope the best for you!!
Glad to hear Andrew! I can’t think of too many things that top the feeling of an upcoming journey/trek/vacation, especially to such a beautiful area.
Myanmar is great – and yes, definitely get in now before the crowds arrive. Looking forward to hearing all about it!
Great plan. I recommend you to visit Pai in Maehongson province, northern Thailand, if you have time 🙂
Holy heck – you’re packing a lot in! Three countries in three weeks did you say? Well very exciting to be planning a trip again, anyway 🙂
It will now be two in four weeks! Mostly Burma! Throwing Siem Repp/Angkor in there was just too much! Thanks for reading!
Valentine’s Day! Haha…it sounds like a super awesome trip and to be able to get away for that long stretch is such an envious thing to have! 🙂
🙂 thanks for reading as always Sha! Can’t wait to feel like a traveller again!
You are going to Myanmar/Burma?? Soooo lucky!! Can’t wait to read your posts on it and see photos.
I love that although I have been following you for years, I can still find old posts that I haven’t read before. Because you have been on sooooooo many trips! And you are great for showing different aspects of each trip.
haha! Thanks for reading this one!