September 2016 - beatravelling

Myanmar

BBB Restaurant in Mandalay

This place came highly recommended by a local friend who often visits Mandalay. When I got off the motorbike taxi…

Myanmar

In Amarapura outside Mandalay you’ll find the spectacular U Bein Bridge. What is funny is that the bridge itself is not…

Myanmar

The Shwenandaw Monastery in Mandalay, also known as the Golden Palace Monastery, is close to Mandalay Hill and The World’s…

Myanmar

Or more known as visiting the Kuthodow Pagoda in Mandalay 🙂 It’s not the pagoda itself, but the myriads of…

Myanmar

You know I usually stay at budget hotels. Only being concerned about a clean room, a safe and central location,…

Myanmar

After a soft introduction into the tea house tradition at Rangoon Tea House, we were off to experience it the…

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So we didn’t get off to the best start, Merchant Hotel and I, as my airport pick-up never showed. Turned…

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And apparently interesting for grown-ups too. Might have looked out of place seeing four adults trundling in without kids in…

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Somewhere in downtown Yangon lies an anonymous entrance which leads to a gem I didn’t expect to come across when my…

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…must be more impressive than by day. And I’ll claim that even though I haven’t visited during the day 🙂…

New Zealand

That was kind of the big question when I happily checked out of Kiwi International Hotel in Auckland. What happened…

New Zealand

This was my first time at a Hostelling International hostel, in New Zealand also known as YHA, and it won’t…