In Myanmar there is a national holiday called Union Day on February 12th which was a Tuesday this year.  Union day is not the day they celebrate kicking out the Brits but the day when the all the regions of the country came together as one country for the first time. Now I have lived in two countries where they celebrate kicking out the Brits.  I wonder how many more I will live in.  Our school decided to make the Monday a holiday as well thus creating a nice 4 day weekend.  We decided to spend the time in Kalaw, which is a small town in the hills about 350 miles north of Yangon and not far from Inle Lake. Continue reading “Cooling off in Kalaw” →

For anyone considering heading out to visit Gav and Schubie, buckle up. You’ll know you’re not on a regular route when all the beach bunnies on the flight to Bangkok head off for connecting flights to Ko di Caprio and you join the line for Yangon with an all-local cast of cut-throats. Continue reading “Guest Blog – Simon and Paula on tour” →

For our first trip in the region we decided to go to Angkor Wat which is probably one of the most famous tourist destinations in Southeast Asia; and for good reason.  Continue reading “5 days in Angkor” →

Last week I went on a trip to Cambodia.  The purpose of the outing was to visit a remote school being run by a charity who are just starting to set up schools in Myanmar.  Continue reading “4 days in Cambodia” →