Letter

No One on the Corner Has Swag Like Us

Hit me on the burner prepaid wireless. Back from Myanmar and entering into the Chiang Mai International Airport, a funny thing happened to us: a little swagger in our step. Not a lot, but enough that we both noticed it independently. It’s a funny thing when…

November 7, 2015
Timeline

11.6.15

Weather: 93° and sunny 11am Had some cereal ‘n’ milk at the apartment then spent the next many hours planning our next adventure 7:30pm Stopped by the Chiang Mai Railway Station to get our night train tickets to Bangkok for tomorrow 8pm Visited our friend,…

November 6, 2015
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11.5.15

Weather: 93° and sunny 1:30pm Ate lunch at Mu’s Katsu, a delicious katsu spot nearby that we’d been meaning to check out 2:30pm Spent some time at this hip coffee shop named Librarista 4:30pm Because Michele insisted, we dropped into a few shops on the way to MAYA. Michele bought…

November 5, 2015
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11.4.15

Weather: 90° and sunny 2:30pm After sleeping in, we strolled over to Kaosoi 13 for a late lunch 3:30pm Shiv headed home to get some work done / Michele did a bit of shopping and stopped by Roll Me for a sweet snack and a conversation with the shop…

November 4, 2015
Letter

You’ll Find a God In Every Golden Temple

And if you’re lucky than the god’s a she. (Ok, so that song is about Bangkok and this post is about Bagan, but just go with it.) So, after spending some time in Inle Lake, we boarded another luxury bus to Bagan. We were…

November 4, 2015
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11.3.15

Weather: 86° and partly cloudy 12:30pm Flight from Mandalay back to Chiang Mai 7pm Northern Thai dinner (we were craving it) at Tang Restaurant 8:30pm Small dessert of brownies and fruits at Fruiturday…

November 3, 2015
Letter

Gone Fishin’ By a Shady-Wady Pool

I’m wishin’ I could be that kind of fool. We drove 45 minutes to get to the Yangon bus station from our hotel. Neither one of us knew what we’d find there. Myanmar’s accommodations are modest at best, and judging from the vintage cars on…

November 3, 2015
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11.2.15

Weather: 77° and overcast 8am Shaky, mini-bus ride from Bagan to Mandalay 2:30pm Checked into our teeny, tiny room at Tiger One Hotel 4:30pm Walked over to 22 Target, where we reunited with Nick and Shannon for dinner and a couple drinks before they hopped…

November 2, 2015
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11.1.15

Weather: 78° and overcast with scattered showers 11am Ventured out on our rented e-bike to see some of the famous, Bagan pagodas 2:30pm Had lunch at Weather Spoon’s 3:30pm Back on the e-bike for some more Bagan pagodas 8:30pm Ate what tasted like home-cooked Myanmar food…

November 1, 2015
Letter

I Can’t Help But Ponder, Life is Such a Wonder

And every thing’s beautiful in its own way. Of all of our planned travels, Myanmar was the most mysteriously interesting to us. The history of the country is a long and storied one. From the Mongols, to the Portuguese, to the British, and to the…

November 1, 2015