Myanmar is very complicated. As we have travelled through, we have met very friendly locals who give you lifts for free, smiling children and people who just want to have a photo with you. We have never felt more welcomed into a country and we have always felt safe. We had originally planned to visit Inle Lake, hoping to travel North and visit Mandalay before catching a bus to the Indian border. When we looked online for tickets, we couldn't find any, instead ha...

Our journey here was by boat, sailing leisurely down the river. We took this journey later than planned due to a bought of food poisoning from a restaurant. In previous countries we have eaten street food quite freely but here we were warned to be a bit more cautious. Upon arrival we discovered that a few of our fellow passengers were staying at the same guest house so we went out for a meal together and welcomed in the new year. The celebrations in the town her...

Upon arrival in Myanmar the differences were striking, with so much more noise and bustle than ever seen in Thailand. The men in their longyis would spit on the ground in a way not seen since China. However, we also saw a religious diversity with even this small town having Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Hindi buildings. This would hold true in all the places we visited in Myanmar. We had planned to stay in the border town of Myawaddy and followed our map unti...