Timeline

10.31.15

Weather: 76° and overcast 5:30am Woke up early to catch the sunrise on the lake and observe Inle Lake culture 11am Jumped on a day bus to Bagan 7pm Checked into Royal Bagan Hotel 8:30pm Grabbed a quick bite to eat at Aroma 2, an…

October 31, 2015
Timeline

10.30.15

Weather: 80° with light showers 6am Arrived at Nyaungshwe (the main village near Inle Lake), checked into Golden Dream Hotel, and then slept… because night buses make it difficult to sleep 12:30pm Had a Myanmar-style lunch at Unique Superb Food House 2pm Biked to Red Mountain…

October 30, 2015
Timeline

10.29.15

Weather: 91° and partly cloudy 1pm Grabbed lunch at a popular spot called 999 Shan Noodle Shop for some delicious, shan-style noodles 2pm Visited the Bogyoke Market, a giant, 2-story, flea market in the heart of Yangon 6pm Hopped on a night bus (our first…

October 29, 2015
Timeline

10.28.15

Weather: 91° and sunny 1pm Spent most of the afternoon at Shwedagon Pagoda, shocked at the sheer number of people visiting for the Full Moon Festival 8:30pm Walked around during a power outage looking for a place to eat and ended up at Monsoon Restaurant…

October 28, 2015
Timeline

10.27.15

Weather: 93° and sunny 1:25pm Flight to Bangkok on our way to Yangon 4:20pm Flight from Bangkok to Yangon 7pm Checked into our guest house cleverly named 15th Street after… the street it’s on 8pm Walked down Maha Bandula, mainly trying to get ourselves a Myanmar…

October 27, 2015
Letter

And I Scream From the Top of My Lungs

What’s going on! Well, if you guessed more eating, you’d be correct. Food is so easy to come by here, what with it being every where at every time and for so dang cheap (meals have run us anywhere from $1-$5 USD). Although we…

October 27, 2015
How To

I Don’t Care if You’re Full

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it. One of the best souvenirs you can bring back from a trip is to learn how to cook the tasty food you enjoyed while traveling. We did just that at Sammy’s Organic Thai Cooking School (on a recommendation…

October 27, 2015
Timeline

10.26.15

Weather: 90° and partly cloudy 8am Full day at Elephant Nature Park! 7:30pm Liquor store for drinks + food with our new friends from our day with the elephants 10pm Continued our night out with our elephant friends at Beer Republic…

October 26, 2015
Letter

Here Comes the Sun

And I say it’s alright. I had dreams about getting to the see the elephants even before we left on our trip. I had such a fascination with these majestic creatures that don’t look like anything else on this earth. What I didn’t know, couldn’t…

October 26, 2015
Timeline

10.25.15

Weather: 88° and partly cloudy 12pm Shopping at MAYA shopping center 2:30pm Last lunch with Yot/Tessa at Anchan Noodle. Jordan joined, too. 10pm Decided to bring food from Guu Fusion Roti & Tea back to our apartment and eat at home…

October 25, 2015