GOLDEN SUNRISE AT U BEIN BRIDGE One of the most photogenic and photographed spots in the whole of Myanmar is U Bein Bridge, the world’s oldest wooden bridge. Situated an hour’s drive South of Mandalay, en route to the town of Sagaing, U Bein Bridge makes for a […]
ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY Thanks to Rudyard Kipling’s famed poem, for many people the name “Mandalay” evokes images of an exotic Eastern city; a paradise far away. Mandalay was also the last royal capital of Myanmar before the country was annexed by the British, adding to its […]
MINGALABAR! WELCOME TO MYANMAR… The modern nation of Mayanmar, formerly known as Burma, sits geographically to the West of Thailand, to the East of India, with China to the North. During our travels through South East Asia a couple of years ago, we kept bumping into other travelers […]
MOTORING AROUND HUE As the former imperial capital of Vietnam, Hue was centred around the walled Imperial Citadel. Inside the citadel was a forbidden city where only the emperor, empress, royal concubines, and those close enough to them were granted access; the punishment for trespassing was death. Today, […]
WILD GEESE IN XI’AN & TASTY DUCKS IN BEIJING Our whirlwind tour of China is coming to an end – we just arrived in Beijing, the last city we’re visiting this time around. As the country’s capital, Beijing is also one of the biggest cities in China. With […]
Wandering Soles 