Okay – they won’t be quite so secrets after I publish a blog post about them! Eurovision week is upon us again, and this year AUSTRALIA have an entry. No, I have no idea how they justify that but we do love the world’s biggest song contest here in Australia. Have I ever personally been …
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Trip of a Lifetime – The Czech Republic & Norway
Crikey, it’s been MONTHS since I posted on the story of my first ever solo backpacker adventure. Readers may (or may not) recall that I had almost got to the end of my time in Europe, which had seen me through Germany, Italy, France, the UK, Sweden, Denmark yada yada yada. When last I left …
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Accommodation Review – Moon Light Guesthouse, Thazi, Myanmar
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 …
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A Kingdom of Tigers
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 …
Accommodation Review – May Kha Lar Guesthouse, Nyaung U, Myanmar (Bagan)
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 …
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Sunday Spotlight – Mandalay
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' …
The Shwedagon Pagoda
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 …
Gallipoli
Today marks the 100th year anniversary of the allies landing on the beaches of Gallipoli. Although I don't normally go in for doing the same thing as every other Australian, 11 years ago I visited the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey as part of my round the world trip, and was taken aback by the place. …
Foto Friday – U-Bein Bridge
Yes it's another sunset. Something I rarely do - go for a portrait-orientated photo. This is the amazing 300 metre long U-Bein Bridge near Mandalay. I was really happy with the length the reflections gave.
Taking the train in Myanmar
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 …
