Myanmar
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Month 12 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we left the US – our home, our cat, friends and family. Without hesitation – best.decision.ever. We would do it again in
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Month 10 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 305Number of beds: 13Countries visited: Vietnam, Russia (16 hrs!), GeorgiaPostcards sent: 0 THOUGHTS It’s been about two weeks since we left southeast Asia for Europe. Its strange – even though we’ve reached our limit of mangos, rice paddies, and scooters as the main mode of transportation – we miss it. Not that
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Month 5 Roundup
Getting our lilies on at Ogre Island, Myanmar stats Days on the road: 152 Distance traveled: 2009.45 miles / 3233.9 km by plane – 358.4 miles / 576.9 km by train – 655.5 miles / 1055 km by bus – 746.8 miles / 1202 km by boat – 110.6 miles / 178 km by car
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Month 4 Roundup
Dragon is going to bite Sergey so hard! in Kunming, China. STATS Days on the road: 121 Distance traveled: 3135.2 miles / 5045.62 km by plane – 756.1 miles / 1216.9 km by train – 2060.1 miles / 3315.44 km by bus – 197.4 miles / 317.8 km by boat – 81.3 miles / 131
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28 December 2013 – Yangon, Myanmar
Ah the grocery store! Here we are back in Yangon taking a tour of a grocery story on our last day. To be honest, we should have just walked around, it seems most transactions, including for groceries, is done on the street.
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27 December 2013 – Hpa-an, Myanmar
Hands down our favorite day in Myanmar — there is something very magical about Hpa-an countryside. Or maybe it was all in the timing — who knows. But we wished we could’ve spent longer.
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26 December 2013 – Ogre Island, Myanmar
Riding around Ogre island off the coast of Mawlemyien. A tour by the famous Mr. Anthony from the Breeze Guesthouse himself.
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25 December 2013 – Mawlamyien, Myanmar
Merry Christmas from the southern Myanmar town of Mawlamyien. Not much in a way of celebrations going on that we saw — although we did talk to one pastor. Regardless a perfectly pleasant day.
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24 December 2013 – En route to Mawlamyien, Myanmar
A rather bumpy ride on a colonial-era train from Bago to Mawlamyien
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23 December 2013 – Lake Inle, Myanmar
Hiking around the hills of Lake Inle with our guide Thanzin (like Dancing) — from Sunny day tours, he was great! — and Mr. Peter.
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22 December 2013 – Lake Inle, Myanmar
Boating around Lake Inle, checking out the floating gardens with our guide. A very nice way to spend 8 hours.
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21 December 2013 – Lake Inle, Myanmar
A tasting at the Red Top winery situated in the hills above Lake Inle, Myanmar. A most pleasant afternoon we must say!