I’ve travelled a good bit in the past few years, so a frequent question from old friends and new is “what’s your favourite country?”. It’s a tough one so I’m going to do a top 5; luckily for you, Northern Hemisphere folks, they all happen to be good winter destinations… get your passports out… Japan….
Tag: Burma
5 Things I Dont Love About Travelling Alone
1. Tables with one chair Travelling alone means you frequently find yourself eating alone. No big deal until you walk into the restaurant and get directed to… the table with one chair. There is nothing I hate more. Oh yeah hold on there is… when you are happily seated at a table with more than one chair when mid-curry an…
Scottish girl plods
In essence I didn’t want to leave Myanmar. I summed up my reasons in a typically biased manner in 5 Reasons I Love Myanmar but the 28 day visa had only one day left on it and so I had to cross the border into Thailand pronto. Perhaps I should have followed up the previous…
5 reasons I love Myanmar
You may know it as Burma but the military changed the name back in 1989. Perhaps so that nobody would know where it is and they could drop off the radar completely. Luckily it didn’t work. Myanmar. The land of smiles. Or is that officially Thailand? Well after 2 extended visits to Thailand and a month here……
Myanmar Temples
My first stop after the frenetic city of Yangon and a 9 hour overnight bus journey is Bagan. As I get out of the town to cycle to sunrise at the Temples of Bagan – 1200 temples built over a 200 year period of frenzied pagoda building 800 years ago – my horrible sense of direction, which…
Scottish Girl Runs 