A-camp Village in the afternoon

Have a look at today’s life in a village named A-camp (after a British military base in World War II; there’s also a village named B-camp), high up in the mountains. In the village our guide’s father runs a lodge for both foreign and Burmese tourists for whom Chin State is as exotic.   

Mt Victoria

Victoria National Park or Nat Ma Taung is a national park of Burma. It is located close to the border with India and features Mt. Victoria, which at 3,035 meters above sea level is the highest mountain in Chin Hill, Chin State, in the western part of Central Myanmar. We set off early in the morning...

Towards China State

Chin State It is located in the western part of Myanmar, accessible by road from Bagan, one of the most famous ecotourism sites in Myanmar, It has been recently growing in popularity. It becomes famous for its Mt. Victoria at an elevation of 3108 m and distinctive nature of Chin ethnic groups. Hakh...

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...

Last day in Yangon: First, a  trip out of the city to the river where  there is another beautiful pagoda on the island. There, on Sundays the citizens of  Yangon  worship Buddha and submit their requests. Paying for them lavishly throwing money into glass cartridges which stand at each statue. Our...