Never was a trip complete till one experiences the coast of a country and Chaung Tha was our pick. What the tuk tuk driver couldn't do a stranger on a moped could, within moments of arriving we negotiated ourselves a private villa in Shwe Ya Minn Guesthouse. The cheapest room turned out to be the greatest room and we made ourselves at home. With sunrise and a hearty breakfast we soon realised we had found ourselves a gem. Unbeknown to us we'd landed ourselv...

What can you say about Bagan, we lucked upon a great hostel and hired bikes (surprise, surprise) cycling along idilic roads you're reminded of England in summer, the weather is crisp and clean, to your left you see temples and to your right you see temples, then you see a big one and you stop. You climb and climb and then climb some more and nothing can describe the sight. So we won't try. Extraordinary!! 17,000 temples strewn across a flat open plains enca...

Within moments of arrival we found ourselves on the back of a moped, at 5am we wizzed through the streets ending up at Shayi Phuda Hotel a charming guesthouse formally a prison, we choose our cell, maybe the only time in history a person paid to be in prison for a night! Character oozed from the walls and after a quick nap we were on our bikes and on the road. It was at this moment that we were convinced that bicycle travel is the best way to see anywhere. ...

$10 to the government before you even enter the town is how it begins. A Tuk Tuk to all the hotels in the town ended us in Gypsy Inn, no available rooms (yet), no sleep and no food we booked a boat around the lake for 8am! To the market good sir, and then the silver smiths, and stop off for the balancing fisherman and leg oars, say hello to the long necks, why not throw in an umbrellas factory, paper making let's see that too, one pagoda only please, then t...

We arrived in Yangon after a tuk tuk, bus to BK, taxi to the wrong airport, taxi to the right airport and a flight. Complete with $400 fresh new notes each and a free shirt from the money exchange we were ready for anything! We stepped through the time portal and entered another world, few have been and many are on their way. After some deliberation we decided on a taxi to the old town??? In Yangon. For a reason only known to a few Burmese the decision has been ...