Ah, the travelling life, the trying of new foods and exposing our hyperclean bodies to the dirt and normalcy which is Myanmar. And after a wonderfully tasty Nepali meal the day before which I loved, found out that it did not love me and I spent the night in the bathroom and slept the next day away fully spent. Figured it probably fixed me up and purged my system so feeling pretty good with breakfast inside my stomach was ready to conquer life outside Mandalay. Safe inside our little Mazda pickup truck, Kurt and I sat sideways crunched in the back [View Full Entry]

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We left the heat and smog of Yangon to land in the dark of the Mandalay International Airport, at least in name. Surprisingly when we landed there were absolutely no lights on and as we were ferried to the luggage carosel, the lights flickered on and off and out popped out bags. There was no one about and since the plane was only a third full and contained only 3 other tourists, the place was dead. Welcome to Mandalay! Walked outside to the pitch dark - so strange for an airport and found our bags whisked off to a taxi by [View Full Entry]

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Well, miracle of miracles we are in an internet cafe only two blocks from our hotel and there seems to be the makings of email, albeit slow. As promised, with power outages a daily occurrence we will see if we get to actually write and save this! My very dirty fingers and toes are crossed ... It is day 3 of our journey and we are slowly adapting to life as traveller with its own rhythms. After reflecting for a few days I am beginning to identify with someone who said that "Myanmar is not a developing country, but a lost [View Full Entry]

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There was long day written all over Dec 10th when we left for YVR and got ready to hop our first, mere 11 1/2 hour flight to Beijing. Ah, Air Canada, not our favourite airline for many reasons and the main one of that day being leaving late for our very tight connection in Beijing to Bangkok. But all was saved as we were met right off the plane in Beijing with a sign and our boarding passes. The next 6 hours were a blur as we tried to stay awake in the lounge and then gave in for the flight [View Full Entry]

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One more sleep ... Our little backpacks are sitting side by side anxious to go and we are almost ready - finally. All of the running around and late nights about to pay off as we head to the airport tomorrow for our 16+ hour flight from Vancouver to Bangkok, the city that never sleeps. I'm sure that we will as soon as we hit our beds. The weather is a balmy 35C in Bangkok as they experiencing an unusual heatwave so we will be ready to strip off our layers and sweat as we acclimitize to life in South East [View Full Entry]

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Only two more sleeps 'til we leave the wetcoast and head for sultry, steamy, South East Asia. This time: destination: Myanmar (Burma). For most of you who don't know just where it is I am including a little map to help situate us in your mind's eye. [View Full Entry]

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