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  • Nyang Shwe to Kalaw by train

    Nyang Shwe to Kalaw by train

    Having visited the Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Monastery we made our way towards the train station located at Shwenyaung. Our train was due to leave at 8 but from what Zar Zar had told us – could be a bit later kind of depends on how many passengers. Sounded somewhat like the lovely GWR back at […]

    Emma

    February 13, 2019
    Myanmar
    altitude, countryside, culture, hill station, local, locals, Myanmar, rural, train, upper class
  • Kalaw and the Green Hill Valley Elephant Care Centre

    Kalaw and the Green Hill Valley Elephant Care Centre

    On arrival in Kalaw we headed straight to the Shwe Oo Min Paya caves which has around 9,000 Buddha images in there from a number of different patrons all hidden in every nook and cranny of the caves. It was like we’d kind of come across an unknown shrine with the amount of them in […]

    Emma

    February 12, 2019
    Myanmar
    animals, Asia, Asian elephants, caring, conservation, disabled, elephant poo, elephants, experience, feeding, interaction, Kalaw, Myanmar, responsible tourism, retired, support, teak industry, travels, wanderlust, washing
  • Inle Lake

    Inle Lake

    We had a short internal flight to make the trip up to our second base of the holiday. Flying from Yangon to a small airport called He Ho. It’s pretty much literally just an airport, I didn’t even really see the existence of a town close by to it. It was very small, went with […]

    Emma

    February 10, 2019
    Myanmar
    blacksmith, Burmese Massage, canal, cookery class, fishermen, floating garden, Inle Lake, lake, long neck ladies, papermaking, silversmith, stupas, umbrella making, vineyard, weaving
  • Yangon (formerly Rangoon)

    Yangon (formerly Rangoon)

    Despite the city being the largest in the country it is not actually the capital city. It was seen however, as the capital of British Burma after the Second Anglo Burmese War of 1852, being a port as well with connections to the Indian Ocean and the Ayeyarwady River (which goes deep into the heart […]

    Emma

    February 7, 2019
    Myanmar
    Buddha, Burma, gold, jade, monastery, monks, Myanmar, Pagoda, planetary posts, relics, stupa, Temple, travels
  • Cu Chi Tunnels

    Cu Chi Tunnels

    On our last morning we had arranged amongst ourselves for 6 of us to travel on a tour taking up the majority of the morning prior to the time needed to check out. It was slightly more expensive than some that we had looked at but it was pretty much the only one that we […]

    Emma

    January 5, 2018
    Vietnam
    Cu Chi, speedboat, tunnel rats, tunnels, Viet Cong, war
  • Mekong Delta

    Mekong Delta

    Thankfully someone did come up trumps on my emergency call out for Immodium. A great way to start the day, but I was determined that I was not going to miss the day as we were heading out to pop along to different places via different boats along the Mekong Delta and I was really […]

    Emma

    January 4, 2018
    Vietnam
    boats, Chocolate producer, Elephant Fish, Honey Be Farm, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon

    Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon

    We made our way to Saigon by plane on an early flight after an early departure from our hotel in Hoi An flying from Danang. The weather was definitely warmer and incredibly humid in the capital city. You could tell it was far more cosmopolitan than the previous places that we had visited really and […]

    Emma

    January 3, 2018
    Vietnam
    Explore!, history, travels, Vietnam
  • Hoi An

    Hoi An

    It was lovely to have a day that wasn’t so scripted, to be able to chill a little and do my own thing. My lurgy was still raging but I decided that although I should probably rest up while I could there was also a town out there that needed exploring and you never know […]

    Emma

    January 2, 2018
    Vietnam
    dressmaker, jackets in a day, lanterns, massage, north face, pedicure, pub time, shoemaker, sunshine, traffic free
  • Danang

    Danang

    Well New Year was a total wipe out for all of us apparently as not ONE of the group was there to se wit in with Hung who was apparently enjoying the free flowing wine until the early hours, well ok maybe until just after midnight! Today was as a part travelling day as we […]

    Emma

    January 1, 2018
    Vietnam
    buddhism, Champa, danang, hai van pass, hinduism, marble mountains, South China Sea, Vietnam
  • Hue

    Hue

    Pronounced Hway or even Hey, Hue was our last stop of 2017. Exhausted from the ‘experience’ of the overnight train we thankfully were able to get into our rooms at the hotel where we would be for two nights. An interesting room. The bathroom was separated from the bedroom by a LARGE  pane of glass […]

    Emma

    December 31, 2017
    Vietnam
    Asian, citadel, Hue, imperial city, New Year, Vietnam
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