According to Trip Advisor there are 1,216 restaurants in Chiang Mai. In the thirty days that we were living there, we barely scratched the surface. Writing this blog post three months after our time in Chiang Mai, I can say that Chiang Mai, compared to other parts of Thailand (and maybe the world?), has some […]
Welcome to our 4th installment of our trip around the world updates. We are currently enjoying our last few days on the wonderful island of Bali in the coastal town of Sanur. In a couple of days we head down to Australia to spend two weeks visiting Sydney and Melbourne. A week ago, we finally […]
After two full days spent on trains, we arrived in Yangon Christmas Eve. There wasn’t much we felt we needed to see here, aside from a visit to the massive Shwedagon Pagoda, so the main reason we visited at all is because we had a cheap flight back to Bangkok on AirAsia. It was interesting […]
In late November, Aurelien and I spent three days, two nights in the middle of the Laos jungle. Why you might ask? We had signed up for the Waterfall Gibbon Experience to find out if spending our days zip lining over the tree tops and the nights in a tree house 100 feet above the ground […]
When we first started researching how to get around Myanmar, Anna-Lisa’s brother sent us a link to a very interesting website, Seat61.com. This website was started by a guy in England whose goal was to provide people with a place to find accurate train destinations and travel times for trips around Europe. Over time, the site has grown […]
After spending a full day exploring Inle Lake, we decided to spend the next day on dry land. Exploring the roads around the northern part of the lake via bicycle is quite a popular activity, and one that we enjoyed doing! Starting in Nyaung Shwe, it is possible to do a complete loop involving a transfer across […]
In all of the places that we visited in Myanmar, Inle Lake was our favorite. (Bagan is a close second). It was peaceful, beautiful and lush. The mountains enclosing it were serene. After the dusty cities and towns we visited earlier, Inle felt like a breath of fresh air. The lake is located in the Shan […]
I signaled my “okay” to our instructor Lynsey, lifted up my BCD tube, pressed the button to release the air and slowly started my descent to the crystal clear ocean floor. All around me was life. I felt like I was in a life-sized aquarium. The plants growing on the coral reef were gently waving […]
