After spending three days in Bagan, I traveled back to Yangon on an overnight bus. My flight out of Myanmar is from Yangon so I had to go back there. I think I have not mentioned in my previous post that you can enter and leave Myanmar by overland border crossing. Filipinos can visit Myanmar …
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After spending two days in Mandalay, I traveled by bus to Bagan. The trip to Bagan was at 8:00 AM so I had to leave the hostel early because the bus station is far from the hostel. Free breakfast starts at 6:30 AM at the hostel. What’s good about Ostello Bello Mandalay is that you can …
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After spending two days in Inle Lake, I took the night bus to Mandalay. It was a minibus and there were only less than 10 passengers, I included. And I was the only foreigner again. The trip was faster than I expected. We left Inle Lake at 6:00 PM and I was told that we’ll …
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After spending a day in Yangon, I took the night bus to Inle Lake. Inle Lake is located in Nyaung Shwe Township. JJ Express is the most famous and best bus line in Myanmar. But for my trip to Inle, I took the Famous Bus Line which is also good. I was the only foreigner …
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As mentioned in my previous post, I flew to Yangon, Myanmar from Bangkok, Thailand. The flight was supposed to be at 7:30 in the evening but it was delayed for an hour. It was an hour and 15 minutes flight. After passing through the immigration, I exchanged some dollars and bought a sim card. Then …
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It’s been more than a year since that unforgettable backpacking trip to some parts of Southeast Asia, but I’m not done writing about the trip yet. This Bangkok post has been on my post drafts for so long and now that I’m trying to catch up on my backlogs, I hope to finish this series …
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Two nights ago while I was checking my things for Thai bills I saved from my Southeast Asia backpacking trip last year, I saw the postcards I sent myself during that trip. I checked out the postcards one by one and read the things I wrote to myself during that trip. Reading them brought back …
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One of the things I was looking forward to doing when I added Chiang Mai to my backpacking route last July is experiencing the train ride from Chiang Mai to Bangkok in Thailand. There are buses traveling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and travel time is shorter but I just find trains more appealing. Want …
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After spending two days in Kampot, I traveled back to Phnom Penh by bus. Then I took the night bus to Siem Reap. I booked with Giant Ibis my Kampot to Phnom Penh (PP) trip as well as my PP to Siem Reap trip. Giant Ibis bus offers free pick-up to hostels/hotels affiliated with them. …
After spending a night in Phnom Penh, I traveled to Kampot, Cambodia. I woke up early to take the 07:00 train to Sihanoukville that I booked online a week prior. My original plan was to spend my birthday in Koh Rong Samloem. It is a nice island off the coast of Sihanoukville. But two days …
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