PALACES, PAGODAS, & PROSTRATED BUDDHAS IN BAGO Midway between the Golden Rock and Yangon is the town of Bago. Though Bago is overshadowed by Yangon today, this provincial market town was once the capital of an independent kingdom and still has a hoard of superb Buddhist monuments and […]
BAGAN FROM THE AIR & A VISIT TO MT POPA We’d been told that the best way to see Bagan is by hot air balloon, and so we were up at 4:30am to take a balloon over Bagan. At about $500AUD per person, it’s a costly way to […]
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 […]
WATS IN ANGKOR TO SEE? Deep in the Cambodian jungle hides one of the world’s greatest archaeological sites: the sprawling city of ancient Angkor. Covering an area of more than 400 square kilometres, Angkor was the capital and beating heart of the great Khmer Empire from the 9th […]
Wandering Soles 