After our wonderful experience hiking from Kalaw to Inle Lake we were already sold on Myanmar, definitely my new favourite country! And we still had some of the main tourist destinations of the country to come: Mandalay, Bagan and Yangon. Mandalay Mandalay is the second-largest city…
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Magical Myanmar part 2: Hiking from Kalaw to Inle Lake
It took 16 hours on the bus but we made it from Mawlamyine to Kalaw. Kalaw is a former British hill-station in the Shan state and a lovely small town. From here we started a 3-day hike to Inle Lake about 65km away. An unforgettable…
Hiking from Kalaw to Inle Lake: How I picked a company
By far one of the best activities I did in the last 10 years of travelling was the popular 3-day hike from Kalaw to Inle Lake. A full description and lots of pictures of the hike can be found here. But below I just want…
Magical Myanmar part 1: Hpa-An and Mawlamyine
It was finally going to happen, I was going to Myanmar (Burma)! One of the countries highest on my wish list for a very long time and of which I heard many good stories. We spent about 3 weeks in this beautiful country and were…
Two weeks in Central and Northern Thailand
After two incredible months in India we decided it was time to move on and discover the wonders of Southeast Asia. First stop: Thailand! Bangkok From Mumbai we flew to Bangkok, one of my favourite cities in Southeast Asia, but completely different than anything in…
10 Days in Rajasthan, Agra and Delhi
A few days of home comforts in Mumbai were lovely but before we got too comfortable we explored Rajasthan, Agra and Delhi in just 10 days to be back in Mumbai for Christmas. Udaipur First stop on our whirlwind tour was Udaipur. From Mumbai we…
Back in India: Karnataka, Goa & Mumbai
Sri Lanka was beautiful but we couldn’t deny that we were quite excited to get back to India, as there was still so much to see and in a strange way we missed its chaos. We flew back from Colombo to Bengaluru (the official name…
Stunning Sri Lanka
After almost 3 weeks in south India, we decided to visit Sri Lanka. It is so close to south India, the flights were cheap and we had never been so why not? Kandy We flew from Madurai to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka and…
Temples in Tamil Nadu
It’s hard to believe but after almost two weeks in Kerala, we didn’t see or visit a single temple. So time to see some temples and there are plenty in Tamil Nadu! We took the train from Trivandrum to Madurai and left behind Kerala. The…
Kerala: Beaches, backwaters and so much more!
The south Indian province of Kerala is known as God’s Own Country and after spending two weeks travelling around, I can say, it is definitely paradise! It is famous for its beaches and backwaters but my favourite part of Kerala is the hill country with…