Sleeping in a buddhist monastery in the top of the mount Zwekabin
Hpa-an. Mount Zwekabin. January 2016.
Hpa-an. Mount Zwekabin. January 2016.
Mornin’ from the village where we spent the night… So fu**ing cold! 8AM after breakfast and backpacking, time to start the walk again… More villages on the way… …and more new friends… And wonderful new landscapes today with lots of chili fields and many burmese people recollecting hundreds of thousands of these spicy lovely vegetables….
And there we go for the last day of the trekking! The truth is that after 50km in the last 2 days, all of us in the group were pretty tired, but no complains! (This is more typical from other countries) -internal joke,sorry xdd- Good news is that this 3rd day we should “only” walk…
Mandalay Hill. Or how to climb up a mountain in bare foot. This is how you open the beer in Burma. And the perfect way to end your day.
After the good days spent in Yangon, time to backpacking again to the golden rock. But on the way it was worth a quick visit to Bago. So we took an stressful overcrowded local mini bus, arrived to Bago, left the backpack, bought bus tickets to Kinpun for the evening, rent the bikes and went…
Day 2 in the city! Morning started early with a visit to the impressive 65m x 16m Reclining Buddha @ Chauk Htat Gyi pagoda. After that, you can follow the road south to reach the less known and beautiful Ngahtatgyi Buddha temple Keep walking south of Yangon to the Kandawgyi lake, where you can walk through…
Good morning Kinpun! Meoooow! This is the base camp to climb up to the Golden Rock, one of the most important religious sites in Myanmar and a dream destination for devout Buddhists. Then you have 2 ways to arrive to the top, hiking or by truck. There are so many people accessing the sacred place every…