We got so super lucky on our day trip outside Mandalay! A monk initiation ceremony on full display, so fascinating and so beautiful. Definitely one of (many) highlights from our trip to Myanmar.
Made it to the famous Mandalay Hill.
Founded: 1652 Population: 588,000 House Museum of Volkonsky noble family exiled to Siberia after a failed Decembrist revolution. Irkutsk, Russia. Irkutsk was the most anticipated stop on the whole journey for us because of the much celebrated Russian lake Baikal – the world’s largest reserve of fresh water, as well as, the deepest lake in…
Taking the night train from Yangon to Mandalay.
Walking around Shwedagon pagoda on our first day in Myanmar.
Flying out to Yangon, Myanmar from the DMK airport in Bangkok.
All set for the land where all 12 months are composed of 28 days, each week features 8 days (two of them being just 12 hours long), and time is off the GMT zones by a half hour. And then, there are issues with the internet. Sergey expects to be able to connect – so…
Walking around our hostel, Mile Map, in Bangkok.
Taking the bus around Bangkok is great fun. Love love love the no windows – so refreshing.
We are joined by Sergey’s parents to wish him a very Happy Birthday on our first day in Thailand.
Goodbye China! It’s been real. More than a month (if you count 5 days in Beijing). Amazing country. But time for us to go explore the wonders of Southeast Asia. Starting with Bangkok, Thailand. (As an aside — SriLankan = awesome).