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 […]
THE STINKIEST CAVE IN SABAH… One of the pleasures of traveling is challenging yourself – stretching your boundaries and finding your limits. Travellers often find themselves doing things well outside their comfort zone, and it is these experiences that can be one of the most rewarding aspects of […]
TRAGEDY OF THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY The Thai-Burma Railway was built between 1942 and 1945; its purpose was to carry supplies to Japanese forces in Burma, bypassing sea routes which had become vulnerable to Allied attacks. Aiming to finish the railway as quickly as possible the Japanese decided to […]
CROSSING THE STREET IN SAIGON With over 9 million people crowding the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (i.e. Saigon), there’s a certain amount of chaos to be expected. Most of this chaos comes in the form of motorbikes and scooters. Like everywhere we’ve been in Vietnam, motorbikes […]
