A flat tyre. It always seems to happen when you are at the furthest point from home and exhausted. Visiting my last pagoda for the day, after 4 hours of riding through deep sand, I was definitely feeling it. The sun beat down on my body and sweat moved in a permanent stream down my forehead.…
It’s 4:30am. The receptionist is in a deep sleep on the floor behind his desk. His snores echo throughout the room. With an hour to find Pyathada Pagoda before the sun leaks its first rays over Bagan, we have no choice but to wake him. A half-dazed receptionist faces us and makes a call to wake…
JJ Express (Joyous Journeys) is one of the major bus companies with many routes throughout Myanmar. Pricier than other bus services, we opted for the highest rated for service and comfort: a real first class bus journey. From my experiences so far in Myanmar, I did not have high hopes for a first class rated…
Entering a new country, I am always excited to experience the local cuisine for the first time. One of my first questions to locals that I meet is always where is their favourite place to eat. Following my usual string of enquiries, I quizzed my taxi driver for the best place in Yangon to try…
When you make a reservation anywhere in the world from a reputable website such as Agoda, you generally don’t suspect that you will be victim to drastic fraudulent advertising of properties. Arriving in Yangon, Myanmar though, I was definitely surprised to find my room had only two of the facilities in the tiny windowless shoebox,…
