My Non-Boring Travel Money Guide Is FREE
I‘m currently giving away my Non-Boring Travel Money Guide – free on Kindle. Sorry it’s back to it’s regular, but reasonable price of $3.99. (If you don’t have a Kindle, which personally I think is the best piece of travel gear invented EVER, you can still read it with a free Kindle app. This is the…
Read MoreTrain Travel in Burma: Should A Tourist Take the Train in Myanmar?
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! Travel is slow and exhausting unless you fly. However if you fly you miss out the main point of Myanmar, which is the people and landscapes rather than specific attractions. Frankly after 2 weeks I never wanted to see another…
Read MoreAustralia Day – What Is It And What Can An Australian Visitor Expect?
Australia Day is Australia’s National Day – it commemorates the arrival at Sydney Cove on 26th January, 1738 of the first white settlers, the fleet of convicts, dispatched from Portsmouth, England. The group of 11 ships carried 759 convicts, 211 marines, 46 wives and children of Marines and Captain Arthur Philip’s staff of 9. Initially…
Read MoreTravelling At Christmas – How To Survive
I’ve spent many Christmases away from home. The most memorial one’s probably include: spending most of the day on flights from New Zealand to India; to the first time I spent Christmas in Australia – in Sydney; many years later spending Christmas in the middle of the Nullabor Plain; Christmas Eve in Singapore before flying to Hanoi…
Read MoreThailand Islands Compared: Koh Chang, Koh Samui, Phuket
After our exhausting 28 days in Burma – we relaxed on a Thai island. I am a huge fan of Thai beaches and this time we went to Koh Chang, not one that I’d been to before. Page Contents Koh Chang (Trat) Location Koh Chang (Elephant Island, because of it’s shape) – is actually Thailand’s…
Read MoreNo Room at the Inn – Or Do You Need Hotel Reservations in Myanmar?
I’d been warned for months to book Myanmar, the tourist “surge” was in full swing and the country was “full”. No room. Indeed I was even told I was irresponsible not to book in advance! Myanmar is in an unusual situation: tourists are arriving in numbers unseen for years, yet the government still requires that…
Read More2013 Vacation Plans – Where To Go?
I have a bit of a reputation I think. As soon as we got back from Burma, the first question people were asking was, when are you off again? Where’s the next trip to? Well frankly I’m not sure, but never one to stay at home too long I thought I’d see what was being…
Read MoreOverall Trip Planning – What You Need To Know About Burma/Myanmar
Remember to factor in jetlag if traveling in long-haul. Personally I wouldn’t arrive and do heavy travelling day the next day, if I’d just flown from the US, Europe, or in my case New Zealand. Plan to spend at least the night before an international departure in your departure city. The Big 4 Yangon. Underrated,…
Read MoreFree Photo eBook – 28 Days in Pictures – Burmeze Daze
Finally I’m please to announce I’ve at least finished one thing from my recent trip to Myanmar/Burma! This is a pdf picture book with some words. I’m not keen on picture only books – I like to know the story behind the photo, so I put together the best 28 photos from our 28 day trip to…
Read MoreHow To Get a Myanmese Visa? Do I Need A Visa for Myanmar
Yes, you need a visa before you get on a plane to Burma! There are some VERY few exceptions involving pe-paying for a tour, but for anyone who is traveling you have to get a visa before arrival. Where do you get a visa? Well for many people the answer will be either: your nearest…
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