Crowds are massing. With clear skies there’s hope for an exquisite sunset over Mandalay. The pagoda perched on the top of Mandalay Hill is the best location to watch the golden Myanmar sun set over its once capital city. But the prime viewing position on the pagoda’s balcony is taken by three empty chairs. Whispers and rumours of…
A flat tyre. It always seems to happen when you are at the furthest point from home and exhausted. Visiting my last pagoda for the day, after 4 hours of riding through deep sand, I was definitely feeling it. The sun beat down on my body and sweat moved in a permanent stream down my forehead.…
It’s 4:30am. The receptionist is in a deep sleep on the floor behind his desk. His snores echo throughout the room. With an hour to find Pyathada Pagoda before the sun leaks its first rays over Bagan, we have no choice but to wake him. A half-dazed receptionist faces us and makes a call to wake…
When you make a reservation anywhere in the world from a reputable website such as Agoda, you generally don’t suspect that you will be victim to drastic fraudulent advertising of properties. Arriving in Yangon, Myanmar though, I was definitely surprised to find my room had only two of the facilities in the tiny windowless shoebox,…
