Myanmar – Page 2

Some alone time in Hpa-An, Myanmar

September 1, 2017July 16, 2019by mydustyflipflopsLeave a Comment

My partner had not been well in the night (thanks to some dodgy food - which was actually meant for me...sorry about that!) and was still feeling the effects the next day. As he lay snoozing, I pondered what to do with myself. It was quite hot and stuffy in our room so I decided [...]

Myanmar, photography

Living the dream in Mawlamyine – Myanmar

August 25, 2017September 19, 2018by mydustyflipflops6 Comments

Mawlamyine was added to our itinerary of our trip because I wanted to explore a bit of the south of Myanmar….and because I saw the Kyaik-than-lan Pagoda on a tv show…. with Chris Tarrant in it….that bit I hate to admit….! However, as I watched him climb the stairs to this temple (ignoring his rendition [...]

Myanmar, photography

Bagan – Sunsets and Sightseers

August 10, 2017August 22, 2018by mydustyflipflops3 Comments

I sat with my feet dangling over the edge of the temple, just waiting. We had arrived early and had climbed up to, what was at the time, a fairly quiet and empty level. Watching from our vantage point as the sun started to dip towards the horizon, we saw two boys about 100 meters [...]

Musings, Myanmar

Myanmar – overview, the ups and downs

August 10, 2017January 5, 2018by mydustyflipflopsLeave a Comment

Our trip to Myanmar was quite a long time in the planning. It was initially somewhere that I knew very little about, apart from what I heard in the media, which wasn’t much at all. My partner had traveled there in the nineties and had raved about it, however, I found it difficult to conjure [...]