Entering into Laos at Hauy Xai we were immediately welcomed with a doubling of taxi fares and a lack of negotiating power (they really don’t seem to care about getting your business). A quiet but otherwise lovely riverside town, we spent the evening watching the sun set over the Mekong…
We finally scored a win with the buses in Myanmar – we finally got hold of the elusive VIP tickets! Yes that’s right.. full reclining seats for the whole 10 hour trip back to Yangon. That is the definition of winning at life!! An early morning entry back into Yangon…
We’ve been on the Road to Mandalay.. it was uneventful. We’ve been to Mandalay.. it’s not that nice We saw THE bridge in Mandalay.. it was quite pleasant, surprisingly. But unless you’re really into bridges and sunset pictures I wouldn’t put Mandalay too high on your travel wishlist. Mandalay had…
We’d originally only planned to spend a single night here in Bagan before moving onto Mandalay but after our first hot & dusty day exploring the temples we decided to stay on just a little longer in this magical place. Bagan is an ancient city built sometime prior to the…
After 36 hours in transit we’d finally arrived in Yangon. The combination of expensive xmas flights and a rescheduled Tiger plane saw us spending a night camped out on the Darwin airport floor, having lunch in Singapore and dinner in Bangkok before finally arriving in Myanmar. An hour spent bouncing…
Jess & I went back to Bali (with a few extras tagging along..) to get some more diving on Lembongan and to check out the sights around Ubud.
A few pics from our week around the beautiful little island of Tasmania
A couple of weeks trekking through Nepal before Jess started her hospital placement during her xmas break. A few days in Kathmandu and then a flight over to Pokhara to trek in the Annapurna region.