I feel like one of the life lessons you learn just past kindergarten is that few things live up to their hype. The Taj Mahal was one of those things…
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Time and again, people warned me about the absolute chaos that is New Delhi. I heard them and heeded their warnings – that’s why I took a group tour in…
After leaving Yangon, I flew to Kuala Lumpur for an overnight on my way to New Delhi. I landed in Kuala Lumpur just before midnight and made my way to…
Everything I read online said that Myanmar was far more expensive than the rest of Southeast Asia and to budget accordingly. I think I might have mistook that and went…
A collection of the moments that make you cringe. And help you remember everything in travel is not Instagram-ready. Electric Motorbikes The motorbikes in Bagan are more much more powerful…
Is it possible to have a bad time in a city that used to be called Rangoon? I think not. Not to say my time there was perfect, but there’s…
When I was planning my trip through Myanmar, I knew I wanted to see Bagan, and I knew I wanted to go to Rangoon (sorry, Yangon). I kept reading about…
Being blonde is like wearing a sign that says “I’m an ATM.” One thing I love about Bagan over Siem Reap is that the vendors here are not nearly as…
Bagan is the most magical place to get lost in. There are miles and miles of dirt paths, and the general way you get around is by renting an electric…
One of the highlights I’d planned for this trip was getting to see sunrise and sunset in Bagan. Bagan is a place in Myanmar where there are over 4,000 pagodas,…