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As Lonely Planet states: "This city isn’t going to inspire many postcards home, but it is the logical place to explore the Buddhist caves, sacred mountains and surrounding countryside." Not much more to add to that statement, but read for yourself about our 2-days exploration of Hpa-An and around.

We spent one day in the biggest city in Myanmar and visited the main attraction in town: the impressive Shwedagon Pagoda. Then we headed to one of the biggest Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar: the Golden Rock. If you have not yet seen enough splendid temples and golden monuments, go ahead and read some interesting facts and check out the pictures.

Bagan is probably THE most touristic site in Myanmar, but we can already tell you: it is touristic for a reason. We spent three full days cycling around a vast area covered with many temples of different sizes and styles. The most magical moments were of course sunrise and sunset with stunning views. Want to know more and see pictures? Check out the article and the photo gallery.

Instead of accessing Inle Lake in Central eastern Myanmar by road, we decided to get off in Kalaw and go on the popular 3 days/ 2 nights trek to reach the lakeside. Sweating during the day, freezing at night we experinenced a great walk with a hillarious group and afterwards enjoyed the beauty and serenity of Inle Lake.

Heading northeast of Mandalay, we visited the Shan states, a province with a history that still affects peoples' lives nowadays. In Hsipaw we went on a 2 days hill tribe trek through lush and fertile valleys and afterwards we relaxed in Pyin Oo Lwin, the old British summer residence.

Our flight from Bangkok brought us to Mandalay, a city in central Myanmar.
Before heading to the countryside we took one day to explore the numerous temples, pagodas and monasteries around Mandalay hill. A good first impression of the "land of golden pagodas".

And now you will probably ask yourselves: and what the hell do they eat in Laos? Though there is much less variety in the dishes than in neighboring Vietnam or Thailand, Laos does have some typical dishes that you will most likely find on every menu.

What else do you need in life than a cozy bungalow with riverviews, a hammock and a good book to switch off an relax a bit?  We went to Si Phan Don (literally 4000 islands) to find exactly this...