Given some freedom from work, I'm taking advantage of the time to resurrect my travelling. It's been a little while since I've posted on this blog so I may be rusty.
Tomorrow, I'm off to Myanmar, once and sometimes known as Burma. It was something of a last minute trip. For one, we wanted to wait to make sure that the presidential elections there went peacefully, especially once the opposition party had a resounding victory. All looked good, so we went ahead and planned the trip -- Myanmar may very well turn out to be more peaceful than other places in the world right now. Oh, I'm travelling with Julie this time. I last went with her to Malaysia and Singapore in 2010 -- there are blog posts for that trip if you go back far enough!
I'll fly through Incheon in Seoul, although I'll only have a 1.5 hour layover. On the way back, I'll have 8 hours and I may try to take a tour of the DMZ. That's one of the places I didn't get to visit during my previous trips to Seoul. It might be tight. 8 hours is an awkward amount of time.
I get into Yangon (fka Rangoon) late night and a day before the tour starts. So I'll have some time on my own to explore after resting up a bit. This is a very nice tour, so we're staying at some of the nicest places. In Yangon, we'll be at the Strand Hotel, a British-era hotel.
Anyway, I had better get to packing. I've cut and pasted the summary Google search so people know where Myanmar is and a little about it. Let me know if you're reading this!
Tomorrow, I'm off to Myanmar, once and sometimes known as Burma. It was something of a last minute trip. For one, we wanted to wait to make sure that the presidential elections there went peacefully, especially once the opposition party had a resounding victory. All looked good, so we went ahead and planned the trip -- Myanmar may very well turn out to be more peaceful than other places in the world right now. Oh, I'm travelling with Julie this time. I last went with her to Malaysia and Singapore in 2010 -- there are blog posts for that trip if you go back far enough!
I'll fly through Incheon in Seoul, although I'll only have a 1.5 hour layover. On the way back, I'll have 8 hours and I may try to take a tour of the DMZ. That's one of the places I didn't get to visit during my previous trips to Seoul. It might be tight. 8 hours is an awkward amount of time.
I get into Yangon (fka Rangoon) late night and a day before the tour starts. So I'll have some time on my own to explore after resting up a bit. This is a very nice tour, so we're staying at some of the nicest places. In Yangon, we'll be at the Strand Hotel, a British-era hotel.
Anyway, I had better get to packing. I've cut and pasted the summary Google search so people know where Myanmar is and a little about it. Let me know if you're reading this!
Myanmar (Burma)
Country in Asia
Myanmar
(formerly Burma), is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic
groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. Yangon
(formerly Rangoon), the country's largest city, is home to bustling
markets, numerous parks and lakes, and the towering, gilded Shwedagon
Pagoda, which contains Buddhist relics and dates to the 6th century.
Currency: Burmese kyat
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