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Bagan sunset
Today we rented an electric scooter and cruised the temple fields of Old Bagan and Nyaung U. In the afternoon it was time to meet my old friends Christian and Daniela who just arrived to Bagan after traveling through Myanmar the last 3 weeks. After a few welcome drinks we were off to another round…
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Village on the shore
Somewhere between Mandalay and Bagan The cruise included a stop on the shore to visit a local village. The population is basically farmers. They earn a little extra by selling straw hats. The whole village seems to be a vital part of the production process. I was able to enter one of the buildings without…
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Mandalay to Bagan sunrise cruise
Traveling on the Ayeyarwady river from Mandalay to Bagan is one of the tours in Myanmar that I found really worth the money. Even though the boat trip costs about 55 US dollars. I found it to be worth every cent. We were picked up by a very polite and friendly Burmese taxi driver at…
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The bright side of the moon
Opposite from the impressions at the dump yard this morning are the beaches on Koh Chang. The beach sites at this island are really nice. Sometimes it’s just you, perfect blue water and a Thai woman trying to sell you inflatable plastic dolphins. An awesome place. My accumulator of beach impressions is loaded to the…
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The dark side of the moon
When I was strolling around this morning for different impressions apart from the regular beach days I came across a dump yard. A few boys were preparing a truck with loads of rubbish. As a training after some days of photographic absence, I did enter the premises. First a little hesitant if someone would take…
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Arriving in Koh Chang
I promised to post some more High-Res pictures of my travel to Koh Chang. Now that I’m almost leaving the island they could be as well the pictures from my departure. I left Lonely Beach yesterday and moved to a new place called The Habitat. It is already a little north which means closer to…
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Update
I am in Lonely Beach Koh Chang right now. B.A. has recovered in Sihanoukville (Snooky) for a few days. When she got finally better we parted ways again. She took the direct way out of Cambodia. Traveling to the capital Phnom Penh and taking a direct flight to Bangkok. She will rest some more days.…