Still on the way to Bagan from Mandalay

Our voyage lasted 12 hours, but we eventually arrived in Bagan without touching the ground again… A prize for that long and boring river voyage was an incredibly beautiful sunset in absolutely clear air. There was a disappointment in Bagan: very intense traffic, as the place is becoming more and m...

Towards Bagan

Waking up time: 05:00. Leaving for the Ayeyarwady River jetty. The Ayeyarwady is a Burma’s main river flowing from the  north to south, connecting bigger towns, and it goes into the Andaman Sea. We are travelling from Mandalay to Bagan. According to the schedule the voyage should take 9 hours, but...

A night market in Mandalay

After a short rest we went out to see the night market in one of the main streets. A shock at first: We could hardly breathe such polluted air! It bit the throat and made the eyes cry. We could not focus the cameras. The reason being: It is the fifth month of the dry season. The market offers stuf...

Mandalay revisited

 We have arrived in Burma (Myanmar), so we are at the beginning of this year’s trip goal. We start in Mandalay – the previous capital of the country. We were here before in 2011 and 2013, so we can see big changes occurring in the city. Are they into better? Western technology walks in with big st...

Sunday walking street in Bangkok

Silom is one of the central districts of Bangkok. During the week the traffic on the main road continues for the whole day. On Sundays, this artery is closed to traffic so that in the shade of the Skytrain viaduct could give shelter to the market stalls. There you can buy just everything. Besides, a...

Bangkok by night

Dinner in the restaurant The River Vibe Pub with views of the city and night traffic on the river. Reaching the place provides excitement itself, because it is difficult to find the restuarant in the maze of streets and alleys of old Bangkok. Contrary to what it looks like, there we  did not feel a...

A shopping day in Bangkok. Saturday.

Ordinary Saturday: traffic a little smaller, but the public transport is very crowded. On the platforms of the Sky-train there is order and peace: everyone (even tourists, including us) politely stands in line and let the getting-outs first. As a precaution, appropriate arrows had been painted. Simp...