Myanmar
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Friday, 5 Dec 2014 | Views [259]
Last morning with the group, a visit to The Shwedaggon Pagoda which was huge and currently having its 5yr restoration works- more gold plates to the outside, I think each one was £500! Then to Yangon airport where we said our goodbyes and left ... Read more >
Friday, 5 Dec 2014 | Views [288]
We walked to the locals market in the morning where they were selling everything, from scrubbing brushes to live meal worms, dried frogs, fish piled up still alive with their gills and mouths still going, samurai style handmade swords to fruit, clothing ... Read more >
Friday, 5 Dec 2014 | Views [273]
Another bumpy bus ride to more Shan villages, this time to a very secluded village where the children were very grubby! There were children carrying babies in slings, one girl who was only about 6 yrs old had a 6 month old in a sling on her back &... Read more >
Tuesday, 2 Dec 2014 | Views [550] | Comments [1]
Took a bus trip & hike to a hill tribe village in eastern Shan state. Sarah was poorly with a tummy bug so stayed at the hotel & chilled. The ride bus ride to the foot of the mountain was very bumpy in our little mini bus but we made it. We then ... Read more >
Sunday, 30 Nov 2014 | Views [276] | Comments [2]
Late flight from Heho to Kengtung. Kengtung is in the remote valleys of eastern Shan state, part of the Golden Triangle that encompasses Thailand and Laos, home to dozens of minority tribes. Our small coach stopped by the standing Buddha, 1 tree hill ... Read more >
Sunday, 30 Nov 2014 | Views [296]
Short boat ride to the start of our trek with the group splitting in 2: a short slow walk and faster longer walk, and yes obviously we took the harder option!! This was the first time we had seen spiders....... proper big spiders!!!! They were ... Read more >
Sunday, 30 Nov 2014 | Views [314] | Comments [1]
Inle Lake is 22km long with the locals living and working in stilted bamboo houses.
We took a short walk to jump into our 3 boats to take us around the lake. We saw the unique fishing techniques with some of them posing at the end of their small ... Read more >
Sunday, 30 Nov 2014 | Views [321]
Trek back from monastery and passed through a small village where we had lunch cooked by the locals again. Then into the coach for drive to Inle lake.
Sunday, 30 Nov 2014 | Views [278]
Early wake-up call for short flight to HeHo. After a few hours on the coach we were dropped off for the start of our trek up to the monastery with a pre arranged local lunch just for our group at a local home in the middle of nowhere. The lunch was amazing ... Read more >
Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Views [317] | Comments [4]
We cycled from the hotel to a local small village, with houses mainly made from bamboo to see how they make items to sell from bamboo including bowls, plates and decorative items. It was amazing to see them just get a big bit of bamboo and start ... Read more >
Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Views [276]
3:30am wake up call for 6am flight!! This morning a couple from our group decided to go home, the lady that turned around after an hour of the golden rock walk and her husband stayed in Yangon to get an earlier flight home, a friend that came with them ... Read more >
Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Views [245] | Comments [1]
A short walk to a truck stop, Xi had decided we were all going to get a truck down which I think was a good decision, although we had to wait for almost an hour. Luckily she booked 1 with a few other local groups as the actual local trucks were swamped ... Read more >
Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Views [340] | Comments [1]
Early wake up call followed by 4+ hrs coach ride to the start of our day's trek. We stopped off at a large monument in memory of those that served in the war. I think we were all surprised how big and well kept it was. Finally arrived in Kin Pun ... Read more >
Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Views [305]
We arrived in Yangon a day earlier than our 'EXPLORE!' trek started, so we braved Yangon on our own. We decided to walk the locals streets away from the standard tourist spots to see what it was really like. With our map, water etc we headed out ... Read more >
Thursday, 13 Nov 2014 | Views [358] | Comments [1]
From Gatwick to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam then connecting flight to Yangon, Myanmar. It was a long 12hour flight, leaving Gatwick at 12:30pm & suddenly flying through the night to arrive in Vietnam for their morning. Just a short stop at ho chi Minh airport ... Read more >
