Thazi is not a place that tourists rush to, it’s one of those places they pass through on their way somewhere else. It sits on main highways and has a biggish train station, and it was my rest between Bagan and Inle Lake. Not that a rest stop is really needed, it was only a …
Continue reading Accommodation Review – Moon Light Guesthouse, Thazi, Myanmar
The one thing I did with my time away that seems to have captured most people’s interest is spend time with tigers in the sanctuary ‘Tiger Kingdom’, not far from Chiang Mai, so I thought it would be worth a blog post. I must admit initially I had no plans to visit it, in fact …
The next accommodation review is in, and it doesn’t quite match up to the first two places I stayed in Myanmar, but to be honest, they were pretty special. I had also pre-booked the May Khar Lar Guesthouse on Asiarooms.com I think, but I kinda knew I was in for a drop in quality. I …
Continue reading Accommodation Review – May Kha Lar Guesthouse, Nyaung U, Myanmar (Bagan)
Yes, Sunday Spotlight is back this time with a city from my most recently visited country, Myanmar. Mandalay, made famous to the west by Rudyard Kipling and a poem he once wrote, possibly sounds a little romantic. For example: Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay: Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' …
At the heart of Yangon, bustling ex-capitol of Myanmar, lies the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most significant temple in the city and the city’s biggest tourist attraction by far. When I was travelling in Myanmar I heard a variety of opinions about Yangon, and most weren’t so positive. People were choosing to skip Yangon all together …
This was the one I was really looking forward to staying in. It looked so above its price – I paid less than $30US per night – through its pictures and website that I was sure I had the bargain of the trip. And really, I wasn’t disappointed although I probably had over-estimated the place …
As dedicated readers to this blog (all three of you! ;)) should be aware, I am a bit of a fan of the ol’ train ride, so I thought I’d do a bit of a summary of my time on the trains whilst I was in Myanmar over February and March. So, I only took …
My recent trip had me three nights in Bangkok before taking a flight to Mandalay in Myanmar and the start of my Burmese leg. On the day I arrived I took a taxi into town, and then I took a share taxi up the hill to the hill station of Pyin Oo Lwin. Here it …
Continue reading Royal Flower Guesthouse – Accommodation Review
For those unfamiliar with Bangkok and the tourist Mecca that is Khao San Road, the original backpackers’ district of pretty much the world has been luring backpackers in left right and centre for decades. I first went there in 1999, staying in two places, one actually ON Khao San Rd itself (no, I did not …
Sorry folks just not having the time I need to blog right at the present. Hopefully that changes over the next week or so, but I have several writing projects on the go and trying to get them done. I had Friday last week pencilled in as a day for blogging, to do a few …
Continue reading Wild Orchid Villa – Accommodation Review, Bangkok
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy Roams 