Category Archives: Myanmar

Saying Farewell to Myanmar

We are ending our time in Myanmar with two very distinctively different places.  After Lake Inle we travelled south to a town called Hpa-An.  While the fifteen hour overnight journey was a bit long, this part of the world was a dream.  The journey also highlights the gulf between India and all its Asian neighbours, […]

Enigmatic and Beautiful Myanmar

After Mandalay we moved south to Monywa.  This was a chance to visit some wonderful temples and very large Buddha statues.  On a very bumpy tuk tuk ride, we visited Thanboddhay Paya, which was interesting for the sheer number of Buddhas on display.  Amongst the various corridors were large Buddha statues, but then looking closely […]