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 …
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Royal Flower Guesthouse – Accommodation Review
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 …
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Time and Khao San Rd
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 …
Foto Friday – Fisherman on Inle Lake
Apologies folks. Back into the swing of work and also doing heaps of writing for other projects has not given me the chance to blog this week. Hopefully this weekend I'll get out my Jetstar review. Here is a photo of a fisherman posing on Inle Lake, Myanmar. Sure, he does it for tips, but …
The temples of Chiang Mai
Howdy folks! Back in Thailand in Chiang Mai as have been most of the past three days. I've been a bit struck down with a bad stomach bug since my last evening in Myanmar but finally feeling better and stronger today. For me I always get sick at some point but it's been pretty crappy. …
Yangon
So it seems my time in Myanmar is almost up. Boy it has gone quickly! It seems only yesterday that I was boarding my flight to Mandalay and tomorrow I am going to be taking a flight back to Bangkok where I will be joined by my wife and then we will have five days …
Inle Lake
Hello dear readers. I'm here at the Golden Kite Restaurant in Nyaungshwe with a few hours until I leave on my night bus to Yangon. I've had a cold for the last four or five days but slowly seem to be getting over it. Nyaungshwe is a sort of gateway town to Inle Lake, perhaps …
Moonlighting in and Around Mandalay
Yes folks back again for another blog. I have had a pretty packed three days in Mandalay I have to say I am pretty tired. My first day I toured the city independently and I walked the soles nearly off my feet! Mandalay is not a compact city and if I had my time again …
Chillin’ in Pyin Oo Lwin
Greetings from Mandalay! Well it's been a great three days since I last posted and as you can imagine a lot has happened since then. I'm in Myanmar now for starters. And I have to say I love it so far. I've found the people warm and friendly and apart from the accommodation everything is …
Markets, Trains, Temples and Bangkok
Well good evening folks as at least it is as I write this. WordPress is delaying my posts by four hours for some reason now that I'm posting on my tablet. What a whirlwind two days I have had in Bangkok and tomorrow morning I fly out to Mandalay in Myanmar. Then I have to …
Andy Roams 