12th-14th Setember, 2014 Torrential rain kept us trapped inside our hotel on our first morning in Pyin Oo Lwin. I am not sure if I have mentioned this yet but we have been travelling through Burma during the monsoon season and actually been fairly lucky with the lack of rain until this point. But thatContinue reading “Travelblog#11: Pyin Oo Lwin, and the train to Hsipaw – Burma”
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Travelblog#10: Mount Popa & Monywa – Burma
9th-11th September, 2014 For our last day in the Bagan area we went out on a trip to Mount Popa; a sight famous in Burma for being a centre for nat worship. The nats (literal translation; “spirits”) originate from spiritual traditions which existed in Burma before the rise of Buddhism, and it was an areaContinue reading “Travelblog#10: Mount Popa & Monywa – Burma”
Travelblog#9: Bagan, Ancient City of Temples – Burma
7th-8th September, 2014 One of the things that I have enjoyed most about Burma is how “fresh” it feels compared to the rest of Asia. Most of the natives here are yet to be disheartened by busloads of tourists swarming into their country and acting like they are royalty, and thus, they have not reachedContinue reading “Travelblog#9: Bagan, Ancient City of Temples – Burma”
Tej Turner 