12. Nov. Mount Kyaiktiyo (Kyite Htee Yoe), famous for the huge golden rock perched at its summit, is one of the three most sacred religious sites in Myanmar. Pilgrims come here from far and wide to worship and add gold leaf to the rock, but only men are allowed to touch the rock. Some of... Continue Reading →
6. Nov. Our last trip took us to Kalay, Tedim and Temu which is in Chin State. This is very close to the India border and the area with the highest mountains of Myanmar. For tourist, this region is well-known for great hiking and tracking routes. As beautiful as this landscape is, so difficult are... Continue Reading →
04. Nov. Normally I write only one Post ... but in this case i need a second one 😉 On my second day I got up very early to enjoy a beautiful sunrise on a pagoda. After a nice breakfast I rent a e-bike and visited a lot of different beautiful pagodas, stupas, but there... Continue Reading →
03. Nov. Bagan is an ancient city, from the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom. During these time over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2,200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.... Continue Reading →
30. Oct. My next customer side visits have brought me to Mandalay. 3 days in and around Mandalay Mandalay is the second biggest city in Myanmar, but quite different to Yangon. Less cars but therefore a lot of motorbikes, it seems much more cleaner and in the night is the city very dark, because streets... Continue Reading →
18th Oct. PSI has different programs, one of these had impressed me very much, the program called Win-Win. The purpose is to create livelihoods in rural and peri-urban Myanmar by delivering life-saving and life-enhancing products to underserved communities.As the program´s name would suggest, the outcome is a real “Win Win.” Villagers receive access innovative, affordable,... Continue Reading →
Saturday morning, I had booked a bike tour (26 km) to escaped the hustle & bustle of busy downtown Yangon and to see a littel more of this area. We was a group of 5 (Mika, Jamie and I from PSI, a friend of Mika and a guy from UK) plus two guides, which was... Continue Reading →
6th Oct. Three days pure nature - so beautiful. The Inle Lake is located in the Shan State. It is a beautiful highland lake. The lake is 22km long and 10km across, and inhabited by many different ethnic nationals of the area, but the people who live here call themselves "Intha". The Intha´s are well-known... Continue Reading →
The Thadingyut Festival, the Lighting Festival of Myanmar, is held on the full moon day of the Burmese Lunar month of Thadingyut., this year it was the 5th of October 2017. As a custom, it is held at the end of the Buddhist lent and is the second most popular festival in Myanmar. At this... Continue Reading →
