Hitting the trails from Kalaw to Inle Lake

Trekking in Myanmar was by far the best experience we had there. Following the recommendation of a Breton couple met in Cambodia, we booked a 2-nights/3-days trek to get from the town of Kalaw to the famous Inle Lake. Kalaw itself was uneventful, more of a base to start the treks than anything else. We …

Beautiful Bagan

Bagan was an un-missable stop on our Myanmar adventure. The town itself was very touristic, however locals have seen a drop off of 50% in income since last year, due to the crisis happening in the North of the country. We stayed in a wonderful guesthouse called Shwe Nadi, which offered a pretty crazy breakfast …

Mandalay! Mandalay!

We spent two nights in Mandalay and two very busy days! After an overnight bus journey, we checked in to our hotel to find out that we had been upgraded. First time this has happened in 6 months of travels, weheey! On both days we hired a taxi to bring us to the keys sights. …

Ming-gah-lah-bar from Myanmar -Yangon

We arrived in the old Myanmar capital not really knowing what to expect. Along with Mongolia, this would be a bit of an unknown country. Up until 2012, Myanmar (Burma) was a bit of a no go area. Thankfully this has changed "somewhat" (not going to go into the current political situation). On our arrival …