Sweet. I figured out a way to link my Evernote travel blog to the WordPress one, so rather than writing jumbo posts that cover months at a time, I’m going to try to link up a bit more realtime. I…
Wandering around Miami
As a city itself, Miami is fairly interesting. Although I ended up staying in the boonies, I took the opportunity to drive into the city every day, and variously explore. One of the most fascinating parts of Miami, in my…
Onwards to Miami!
I think I’ve procrastinated long enough on the blog – I’ve gotten some requests to keep my posts up, and it’s literally been a year – and there’s still traffic here,which means some people haven’t given up, for which I…
Day 16: the Holy Grail (aka Singapore Airlines Suites) – READ to the end
There are some things that are so exclusive that you actually have to get somewhere in life to be able to achieve them. Singapore Airlines First Class is one of those things. SQ has been considered, for the longest time, to…
Day 15: Bagan, Day 3 (last day in Bagan)
Our original plan on the last day was to spend the morning relaxing, maybe swim in the pool of the hotel a bit. But after spending two days with our guide and realising that chances of us seeing everything are…
Day 14: Bagan, Day 2
On day 2, we continued exploring more temples. Considering how many there are, we couldn’t hope to get any significant percentage of them done, but we were certainly going to try. First up was Pyathadar Temple. The interesting thing about…
Day 13: Bagan, Day 1
Since I decided to go to Burma, Bagan was absolutely the most important stop on my plan. Having seen the surreal pictures of thousands of pagodas in the mist, I absolutely had to see this for myself. Getting a bit ahead of…
Another Japan trip
It occurred to me that if I buffer my posts until I’m done posting the Burma stuff, I’ll be so swamped with subsequent travel that I’ll never get the posts done. So I’m going to intersperse the Burma trip with…
Interlude: flight from Yangon to Bagan
After a wildly busy day in Yangon, I was fully expecting a no less busy day in Bagan, considering that beyond sightseeing, it actually contained, you know, flying there. For some obscure reason, all domestic flights from Yangon leave between 6:00am and 6:45am.…
Day 12: A day in Yangon, Burma
When looking for hotels in Yangon, I went through a number of threads and reviews, since I haven’t been anywhere close to the city, and there were no major chains present. I ended up settling on Traders Yangon, which is as…