[no_toc] Welcome to Part 2 of our 19 Day Trek in the Everest Region(Everest Base Camp). If you haven’t read part 1 of this post then you will need to read that first before continuing on. Part 1 of our posting describes the first 10 days of our journey Continue Reading
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Trekking the Everest Region – The Road to Base Camp Part 1 (Days 1 to 10)
[no_toc] When I first starting writing this post I found it was going to be a BIG one! It was too much to put all 19 days of our Everest Base Camp Trek into one post so I have split it into two separate posts to make it easier to Continue Reading
24 hours in Brunei
[no_toc] Sandwiched between Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, this tiny wealthy sovereign state is home to the Sultan of Brunei, one of the richest men in the world. Its wealth its owed to extensive offshore oil and natural gas fields, with a quick stop over of 24 hours you Continue Reading
A Day on Inle Lake
[no_toc] Located in western Shan State and set amongst picturesque mountain scenery, the 22 km long and 10 km wide freshwater Inle Lake is one of the must see sights in Myanmar. The serene Lake is famous for its floating teak stilted villages, markets, gardens, one legged fisherman, temples and Continue Reading
A Stairway to Mount Popa
50 kilometres from Bagan, perched on top of an ancient volcanic plug on the slopes of an extinct volcano known as Mount Popa is the sacred Popa Taung Kalat monastery. The monastery is famous for being home to ’37 nat’ (spirits) which are represented by mannequin statues which can be Continue Reading