[no_toc] We arrived to a dusty San Pedro de Atacama with the intention of not only spending some time exploring this amazing Martian like landscape over the coming days (see my Atacama post for details of what to see and do in the area) but also to pick up a three Continue Reading
Australian Scenic Drives – The Great Ocean Road
[no_toc] It might be on our doorstep and we have been a few times but it’s been 10 years since we have visited the 12 Apostles (now only 9), Loch Ard Gorge and the like, basically anything past the Great Otways National Park! We decided we would spend the ANZAC 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
Colonial Yangon – A Walk into History
Strolling around Yangon’s downtown busy streets it’s not hard to miss the evidence of 19th century British Burma. Standing between modern city buildings is an open air museum of old British Colonial architecture, the largest collection in South East Asia. Hidden behind the grandeur of majestic European design mixed with Continue Reading
Golden Yangon – A City of Pagodas and Giant Buddha’s
Situated on top of Sanguttara Hill, the 99 meter high Shwedagon Pagoda is the crown jewel of Yangon and the most sacred Buddhist Pagoda in Myanmar. The Pagoda that is rumoured to be more than 2,600 years old is said to be the oldest Buddhist stupa in the world. We Continue Reading