Bagan is hands down one of the most spectacular places I have ever visited. Any trip to Myanmar HAS to include this place on your itinerary.  Bagan is an ancient city where over 10,000 Buddhist temples were built on the land, and thousands of these temples still survive.  Consequently, any high-ish spot gives you an…

An approximately 7 hour bus ride took me from Mandalay to Nyaungshwe near Inle Lake and then hopped in a taxi to travel the rest of the way to the lake. The constant traffic jams at the bus station made this trip way longer than it needed to be, but hey I got there in…

I must say that I wanted an adventure and I certainly got one. Travelling in Myanmar is so much different to anywhere I’ve been before. I flew into Yangon in the early evening and jumped in a taxi headed to the bus station. Wow, I thought the roads were bad in Thailand, well they are…