Sleeping in a buddhist monastery in the top of the mount Zwekabin
Hpa-an. Mount Zwekabin. January 2016.
Hpa-an. Mount Zwekabin. January 2016.
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…
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…
With this tune in my mind, Riders on the storm, one of my favourite from The Doors and one of the most convenient song for this day, the “cavemans” adventure started. It was a complete tour to the several caves around Hpa-an in a stormy rainy day, which made the ride something really special…and the…
Yangon was a big surprise, I just wanted to stay a couple of days but I spent 4 nights in the end. Chaotic, big and dirty but also with many charm spots, very nice people, good restaurants and a lovely and amazing street life! Let’s go! 1st stop, of course, Shwedagon pagoda, an incredible amazing…
Good morning! Today is the day! So excited to visit the lost village of Indein, with hundreds of ancient stupas (some from 250BC!!!) One of the highlights of the days in the lake, so there we go! After dealing the price for the complete trip with the boat-mans in the pier, time to head to…
I finally stayed longer than expected in Nyaung Shwe. I really loved the place, the village, the lake, the people, the kids,…and “it was not so touristic” as I imagined, if you just rent a bike and get lost! See you next time!!! <3<3<3 But time goes by real fast, so move on! Bagan there…