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…
![Experiencing local Yangon: Giant buddhas, lakes, local trains,… [Day2]](https://elputocardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blogger-image-1771407466-1.jpg)
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…
![Surprise @ Yangon [Day 1]](https://elputocardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blogger-image-1789905392-1.jpg)
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…
![Yangon last day [True Spirit]](https://elputocardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blogger-image-2043788894-1.jpg)
And we are finally gonna close Yangon chapter with some random images while walking the city the last day. Just images of the daily yangonite’s life, the Shwedangon pagoda, nuns in the street for the takbat, smiles, little details, street life, wonderful people, true spirit… A new vegetarian restaurant for lunch, with some real advices,…
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…
![Magical Bagan [Day 1]](https://elputocardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/blogger-image-1789339618-2.jpg)
This is how you start your day in Bagan, swimming 1/4 km at 08AM getting ready for a complete cycling day, a tope!!! Yes, water was freezing!! I think there is nothing you can say to describe the beautiful, awesome, incredible, special, sacred, magic, amazing (and soooooo many other adjectives) temples, pagodas, paintings, carvings, buddhas,…
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…
![Biking Day @ Nyaung Shwe -Inle Lake-[Market/Pagodas/ForestMonastery/Sunset/…]](https://elputocardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/blogger-image-1912980343-2.jpg)
Good morning Nyaung Shwe! What do you do after a good breakfast when you leave the hostel? Yes! First thing, as usual, a visit to the market. Best place to see the local activity and what do they usually do, seall, buy and eat. 2nd thing: Rent a bike and get lost!!! Y pin pan…
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.
