When planning your trip to Oman one of the important aspects to consider is transportation. Even if staying in Muscat only, options like walking, cycling and public transport are not viable, you will

We arrived in Ye (pronounced "Yay") in the afternoon, after a four hour long bus ride from Mawlamyine. It was hot, the bus was full, even the "middle class" fully taken. What is "middle class" you

Scattered in clusters around the Xiangkhoang Plateau in central Laos, the large stone jars, left by an unknown megalithic civilization are still a mystery. More than 90 sites containing anywhere

Visiting new places for me is always a great opportunity to enjoy the local beers, because you can get a Heineken (almost) everywhere, but where is the fun in that? With a whole month to spend in

Recently, like many travelers do, we decided to go from Thailand to Laos. We were in northern Thailand exploring the awesome Chiang Rai and one of the most popular destinations to get to from there is

Starting January this year temples in Bagan are no longer open for people to climb on. Metal doors are now installed on almost all temples that have room access. The ban came more than a year after

We were reluctant to travel by train in Myanmar - the Internet consensus is that train travel in Myanmar is slow, hot and very, very bumpy. However, sometimes things don't go as planned and when we

One of the ways to travel between Hpa An and Mawlamyine is by taking a boat down the Thanlyin river - it is a beautiful trip that takes about 4 hours and is definitely worth a go if one has the time

Mawlamyine is a curious city - once the first capital of British Burma and big commercial center, now it is the fourth largest in city Myanmar, but it has a more relaxed, almost lazy feel. Pagoda

Surprisingly, there are no ogres at Ogre Island, but it is home to more than seventy small villages, palm plantations and rice fields. The tropical atmosphere is really nice, the lifestyle there is