Well – we’ve left the country, so it’s time to look back. Here are 12 pretty random facts that stuck with us. 1. Supposedly, you have to bring prestine US dollar bills into the country if you wanna change. A dent and they won’t take it. Funny – among their local bills are pretty much the worst we’ve ever seen. 2. Myanmar...
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While Myanmar is not particularly famous for its beaches, it does nevertheless feature a pretty extensive coast line towards the west. Well, we’re a bit mare-phile anyways, and we figured it would be a perfect goodbye for this place to spend some time at the beach. The most popular beach is Ngapali, quite a bit up north. It’s where all the large resorts...
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After a few days on Yangon, we discovered that continuing to binge on the spectacular street food would permanently damage our waistlines, so we decided to head north. Initially, our plan had been to travel north to Mandalay, and then continue east to the Tachilek border crossing, where we wanted to enter Thailand. Sealed off for decades, this border crossing has...
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So – here we are, at our last stop in India. Another 11-hour train ride from Varanasi, we actually got here in a very pleasant manner. Waiting at the train station in Varanasi for more than 6 hours without knowing when the train would actually arrive (and on which platform) was kind of a pain. Once it did arrive – on another platform than announced, and with 5 hours...
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The bible of backpackers (aka The Lonely Planet) says that “Varanasi takes no prisoners”. Sounds a bit dramatic, we thought – and dove right into it. But oh my, the Lonely Planet was right. As usual, we arrived very early – around 5 A.M. – and with somewhat mushy brains caused by a total of 51 hours of train ride. Good thing our host came to fetch us where the...
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