Tonight is my last night in Myanmar; I'm currently in a hostel in Yangon getting ready for my flight to Indonesia tomorrow. In the dorm next door is a Buddhist monk and a nun - this pretty much sums up what Myanmar is like. Unusual, to say the least. Myanmar has been everything I hoped for this trip. After the hyper-touristy Thailand it was amazing to arrive in Mandalay and not see another Westerner for days. Our first hotel was down a little dirt-road next to a...

Hi everyone! Sorry for the late update, I've been hiking for three days in the mountains between Kalaw and Inle Lake so no wifi - plus even in the cities in Myanmar the wifi is so bad as to be almost non-existent (our guide told us that the Burmese say that 'www' stands for 'wait wait wait'). Just arrived back & I now have traveller's sickness so I'm in bed in a hotel trying to sleep it off. Will post a proper update from this week when I'm feeling better ...