One of our favorite places to eat in Chiang Mai was the Chiang Mai Gate Market. We ended up choosing the apartment we stayed at because we wanted to be within walking distance of a market, and we were very happy we were close to Chiang Mai Gate. Just a 10 minute walk brought us to […]
Have you ever wondered how much you would pay for a once in a lifetime experience? What if that experience lasted about 45-60 minutes? Is it even really that unique? On a cold clear morning in Bagan, we were able to answer this question; our hot air balloon ride with Balloons over Bagan really was […]
The second place we visited in Myanmar was Bagan, currently a little town on the Irrawaddy River. At one point 700-900 years ago, it was the center of a thriving civilization. The reason it is a popular tourist destination is because it has the highest concentration of pagodas and temples in the world, all dating […]
As you can see from our previous post, it’s possible to use your frequent flyer miles to go almost anywhere you want, all around the globe! I’d been planning to write a post about booking a multi-segment international award ticket, but amazingly, my sister decided to do most of the heavy lifting for me! She […]
Having traveled now for almost four months, we’ve experienced both quiet beaches and bustling cities, delicious food and bumpy train rides. The common thread among all our experiences was that they are all possible because we’ve been able to maximize our use of the many airline miles we’ve managed to accumulate. We hope that we’ve […]
When Anna-Lisa and I decided to go on our 8 month trip around the world, one of my plans was to take advantage of this trip to use the 150,000 American Airlines miles each of us had burning in our pockets to book what I consider to be the ultimate award booking; the American Airlines […]
The Irrawaddy River cuts a graceful path through the middle of Myanmar, going all the way from the northernmost reaches of the country down to the Gulf of Bengal in the south. Many of Myanmar’s people rely on this peaceful river is one way or another, and as such, floating down it provides a great […]
We started out our Myanmar adventure in Mandalay, the last seat of the old Burmese Kingdom before the British colonized them in the late 1800s. We landed at the recently built, yet underused, Mandalay Airport in the middle of green fields and then took the free Air Asia bus 45 mins to the city center. […]
