Geo: 16.7837, 96.1568 Ruby true Hotel is situated a little away from the town but it is oasis away from hassle and bustle of the old town, my room was nice, bed comfortable and the service was excellent. I loved the beautiful gardens before entering my room, the place was clean and the staff did their best to make me comfortable. Breakfast was nice and hotel was good value for Bagan so I was happy in this hotel, I said good bye to all the staff and set off for the airport. I had booked the flight from Bagan to Yangon online and paid by paypal but they had emailed me that the Asian wings flight was cancelled and they would put us on Yangon airlines which was fine. At the Bagan airport the currency for ... read more

Geo: 21.1726, 94.8615 Mahagandayon Monastery AmaputraWe reached there early so we were able to see the kitchens where food was being prepared, there were many volunteers who were helping to prepare and serve the food for the monks.Then we waited for the monks to arrive for their lunch. The monks queued in two lines and by this time masses of tourists had gathered all jostling for the best view to watch the monks have their lunch. Some of the monks were very young in their robes with their bowls; this place attracts most tourists; that was the largest congregation of tourists, I have seen so far and I felt it was very intrusive to watch the monks eat so we decided to leave. Innwa (Ava) The ancient city of Innwa was the capital of the ... read more

Geo: 21.9759, 96.0842 Today I was picked up at 4.30 am for the sunrise at U Bein Bridge in Amarapura which is the world's longest bridge made out of teak wood, built by the mayor of Amarapura from teak posts salvaged during the uprooting of the capital to Mandala . This bridge is over 200 years old and maintained by the monks, It is nearly a mile long and spans Taungthaman lake. We were very early and I could not see in the dark so we just sat near the bench for almost an hour for the sunrise. The sunrise was nice and then we headed for Pyin Oo Lwin, there was traffic on the way and I saw many pickups, packed with people on the way, we passed a street market where locals were selling ... read more

Geo: 18.8, 98.98The breakfast at Rimping village was really nice with both continental and Thai varieties, today we started very early as we were planning to see some temples with Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep being on the top of our list; Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep is a beautiful temple on a mountain near Chiang Mai. The full name of the temple is Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, with Wat meaning temple, the Phrathat meaning the name of the temple and the Doi Suthep being the name of the mountain where the temple is on. Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep is one of the most holy Buddhist sites in Thailand and is a major pilgrimage destination. We arranged the driver and car from our hotel Rimping village; it was an hour's drive there and going up the windy bends ... read more

Geo: -33.8671, 151.207 The bunk bed was comfortable and I slept well. I got woken up by the girl who was on the top bunk rummaging her suitcase to pack her back pack, she left early for some trip.Then later the church bells rang, it was Sunday and the other two girls woke up, they were from Switzerland and really friendly; they told me they had been staying there for a week and they had continuance problems with the deprogrammed key card, no wifi which they had to paid extra for, we kept a bottle on the door to leave the room open when we went to wash rooms. Apart from these problems the Yha is in excellent location near the rail station, which was very suitable for my tight itinerary yesterday. Some staff were friendly, ... read more