South East Asia & New Zealand

september 2019 - februar 2020

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- 10. sep. 2019 UTC
- 🌧 25 °C
- Høyde: 12 m
- Myanmar Yangon Region Botahtaung Kanbe 16.840888, 96.16512816°50’27” N 96°9’54” E
Dag 1
Myanmar
10. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Taking the first of many photos at Heathrow, Jaski and I start our adventure! We flew to Bangkok for a quick layover (and stated our 2nd day of travel) before changing planes, giving us a bird's eye view of the never-ending sprawl of Bangkok. The trip has truly started as we landed late at night in Yangon and got our first view of the Sule Pagoda. Found some dinner at a local BBQ restaurant, which seem to close early here.Les mer
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- 12. sep. 2019, 12:57
- 🌧 25 °C
- Høyde: 58 m
- Myanmar Yangon Region Botahtaung Wingaba Shwedagon Pagoda 16.79825, 96.1495516°47’54” N 96°8’58” E
Dag 3
Exploring Yangon
12. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
We are in the middle of monsoon season and spend the day exploring the capital in the rain. We accidentally come across a popular couples hangout, the People's Park. Through the pouring rain we see lots of fun ornaments, lush gardens, canoodling huts, a lovers walk, abandoned aircrafts and steam engines. Next, we reach the beautiful Shwedagon Pagoda, a huge complex with mirrored and bejeweled temples around the main stupa housing the gold Buddhas and statues. We finished the day at Kandawgyi lake and boardwalk, which I suspect would be much nicer in the sun, still we had a quick walk and hid in a fancy coffee shop.Les mer
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- 13. sep. 2019, 14:51 UTC
- 🌙 25 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
- Myanmar Yangon Region Botahtaung Botataung 16.77314, 96.1595116°46’23” N 96°9’34” E
Dag 4
Downtown Yangon
13. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Downtown Yangon is bustling; people and street carts cover the pavement, there are huge avenues and it’s filled with cafes and street food stalls. There are many colonial buildings which are crumbling and are being taken over by nature. The small Maha Bandula Park with the Independence statue and the huge river are popular attractions. We visit the upmarket Rangoon Tea House to try some traditional brew before accidentally ordering a double dinner because of our poor communication skills.Les mer
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- 14. sep. 2019, 09:19
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Høyde: 14 m
- Myanmar Yangon Region Insein Peinnegon Insein Railroad Station 16.88592, 96.1083616°53’9” N 96°6’30” E
Dag 5
Guided tour & Circle line train
14. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Accidentally ended up on a private tour with GuruWalks; our local guide was super friendly and kicked off by teaching us about "umbrella culture". We visited an old colonial embassy which had been converted inside to house all kinds of small businesses and families. Sadly (and unsafely), the buildings are falling into ruin due to ongoing disputes of legal ownership. Unusually for the region we saw representation for all the major faiths, including an Armenian church. We stopped at a “locals” tea house (quite different to yesterdays) for a selection of super sweet teas. Spent the afternoon on the sweaty Circle line train - although not currently a circle. We rode out to Insein with Miffy, who we met waiting for the train, which gave us the chance to see locals living their lives, which includes collecting and sorting the plastic waste. Finished off the day with a traditional Burmese foot massage.Les mer
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- 15. sep. 2019, 06:15
- ☁️ 33 °C
- Høyde: 222 m
- Myanmar Mandalay Region Patheingyi Khangon 22.01447, 96.1080822°0’52” N 96°6’29” E
Dag 6
Mandalay
15. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
We arrived awfully early on the overnight bus, which meant we got to see all the locals up for work at sunrise. The low rise, mostly concrete town isn’t that attractive but has some interesting tourist sites, including Mandalay Palace with a nightly music fountain in the moat, the colourful Zaygo market (everything you could ever want to buy) and Mandalay Hill. We took the covered but humid and sweaty staircase to the hilltop in time for sunset. Here we found all the tourists from the town, they'd all (sensibly but boringly) got taxis to the near top and the elevator the rest of the way! We met our first teenage English students, they really wanted to practice their English with native speakers.Les mer
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- 16. sep. 2019, 00:03 UTC
- 🌧 25 °C
- Høyde: 109 m
- Myanmar Sagaing Mingun 22.05589, 96.0165122°3’21” N 96°0’59” E
Dag 7
Morning ancient cities cultural tour
16. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
1. Mahagandayon Monastery - An insensitive but interesting tourist attraction (not our choice). At 10.15am, 1000 monks begin their procession to their lunch rooms via the path of tourists. Some people had donations; biscuits, packaged cakes, sweets, note books and money. The monks disappear into a building, deposit their donations and collect their simple breakfast.
2. Min Gun bell - Second biggest bell in the world but due to technical difficulties it never made it into a pagoda.
3. Mya Thein Tan - AKA the big white pagoda; bright stark white against the blue sky and the lush green background. We danced around other people for the shady spots, so we didn’t burn our feet. We encountered the first tourist hawkers, ladies following you (and embarrassingly fanning you as you sweat profusely).
4. Temple in a rock - No shoes and midday heat so we dashed the 50m inside. The tiny alter inside is a tad underwhelming compared to the rock.Les mer
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- 16. sep. 2019, 16:58
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Høyde: 37 m
- Myanmar Mandalay Region Amarapura Taungthaman Taungthaman In 21.8917, 96.0612621°53’30” N 96°3’41” E
Dag 7
Afternoon ancient cities cultural tour
16. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
5. 45 Buddhas temple - A beautiful gold and pale blue crescent shaped building, with 45 golden Buddhas inside. The driver came with us to visit the temple as his family sponsored a section of the temple. We may have missed the amazing lush views of Sagaing hill from the rooftop if he hadn't.
6. Soon U Poonya Shin - A huge gold Buddha in a mirrored and bejeweled room. Outside had some lovely tile work (and cool to stand on!).
7. Ancient Ava or Innwa - We were dropped at the jetty for a quick boat ride (car engine obviously) over to the other side of the river. The ancient city is now mostly banana plantations and rice fields interspersed with historical buildings, aging pagodas and a monastery. The area is a tourist trap with no signs to tell you how to get anywhere and we had to use the touristy horse & cart. After the first stop we caught the driver punching the horse; so we swapped drivers and refused to pay, he didn't seem bothered.
Throughout the day we stopped at a few factories, including gold leaf made by hand (beating molten gold for 5 hours between handmade bamboo paper!), wood carving and silk weaving. The amount of handmade work is quite insane.Les mer
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- 16. sep. 2019, 23:30
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Høyde: 37 m
- Myanmar Mandalay Region Amarapura Taungthaman Taungthaman In 21.89169, 96.0612621°53’30” N 96°3’41” E
Dag 7
Sunset ancient cities cultural tour
16. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
8. U Bein teak bridge - The oldest teak bridge in the world, therefore suitably wobbly with no handrails. There were plenty of tourists but most didn't bother to go to the far side, so we found some quiet spots to enjoy the beautiful sunset. One of the most iconic places we visited in Myanmar.Les mer
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- 17. sep. 2019, 13:00
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Høyde: 187 m
- Myanmar Mandalay Region Pyinoolwin Thayetpin Dedok Chaung 21.70718, 96.3562521°42’26” N 96°21’23” E
Dag 8
Waterfall fun
17. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Miffy recommended a driver who could take us to a secluded waterfall in the hills and it didn’t disappoint. The pools were genuine turquoise and the rocks had a fine silk coating of limestone, giving the water a milky appearance. Great place to relax for the day; quiet, cooler weather, beautiful water and a free fish spa. Some intrepid Chinese found a higher pool which we couldn't work out how to get up too. But they showed us the way; using a piece of rubber piping (apparently not just abandoned) as an abseiling rope and some positioned bamboo! When in Rome… Finished the day with a lovely sunset over the city.Les mer
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- 18. sep. 2019, 17:00
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Høyde: 71 m
- Myanmar Mandalay Region Myingyan Potokbyu 21.42608, 95.3500121°25’34” N 95°21’0” E
Dag 9
Mandalay to Bagan by boat
18. september 2019, Myanmar ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Full day on the Irrawaddy river; a slow way route but we avoided another night bus and was actually very relaxing. It's a quiet time of year so the boat was barely a quarter full. Lunch was surprisingly good and we even got afternoon tea - rice doughnuts with dipping syrup. We stopped at a village to watch water pots being made by hand, they’re then air dried and sold all over Myanmar.Les mer
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