Meliá Hotels International Goes Green As Spain’s leading hotel group, Meliá Hotels International, continues to expand its presence throughout Asia the company is making sure ... Share This
Keinnara Lodge Launches First Western Menu in Loikaw Keinnara Lodge Loikaw, an eco-lodge owned and operated by Myanmar tourism trailblazers Memories Group, has launched what it hopes will ... Share This
BEYOND A MASSAGE: SEVEN WELLNESS RITUALS Wellness rituals are sensorial journeys that showcase local heritage using native ingredients and traditional massage techniques ... Share This
Explore remote paradises with Secret Retreats Secret Cruise takes guests from Borneo and Indonesia to the fabled Mekong and Irrawaddy Rivers. Secret Retreats, a collection of nearly ... Share This
HSIPAW – TREK TO THE WATERFALL We wake up early and head to the Hsipaw market to have breakfast in a small shop that sells black tea and chapatis with curry. Hsipaw ... Share This
HSIPAW – A PEACEFUL STOPOVER We leave Mandalay reluctantly but with the desire to explore what here they branded ‘the way to China’. The bus is ... Share This
SHAN STATE – KAHTAIN FESTIVAL PART 3 I sleep 11 hours in a row and I do not even hear the 5am litany. After a breakfast of homemade cookies and tea in a Chinese teahouse, ... Share This
SHAN STATE – TREK TO THE MONASTERY – PART 2 I wake up with a start, it’s still dark outside the window. I look at the phone: it’s 5am! Extremely noisy speakers that ... Share This
SHAN STATE – ARRIVAL IN NAMSHAN – Part 1 After leaving Mandalay in direction north-east, we had a pit-stop of a few days in Hsipaw, a small outpost town situated on the way to ... Share This
INLE LAKE – HITCHHIKING – PART 3 Today I wish to rely mainly on fate and chance, as I often do when I travel. I fill the daily backpack with snacks and fruit from the ... Share This
INLE LAKE – BY BICYCLE AROUND THE LAKE PART 2 Despite being a tourist town, Nyaungshwe is still the main trading hub for the local villages, as well as the departure point for craft ... Share This
INLE LAKE TRIP – Part 1 Inle Lake, located strategically in the heart of Myanmar’s Shan State, is a shore-less expanse of water and marshes 20km long and 10km ... Share This
INLE LAKE – The land of the Intha tribe Inle Lake, located strategically in the heart of Myanmar’s Shan State, is a shore-less expanse of water and marshes 20km long and 10km ... Share This
The ‘new’ road to Mandalay – Part 3 DAY 2 I had set the alarm clock early in order to take a photo shooting of the local morning market, a few blocks away. There, barely ... Share This
The ‘new’ road to Mandalay Part 2 DAY 1 Back to my visit, after the practicalities in a newly decorated airport so silent you could hear a pin drop, my passport stamped ... Share This
The ‘new’ road to Mandalay Part 1 No! you won’t ‘eed nothin’ else But them spicy garlic smells, An’ the sunshine an’ the palm-trees ... Share This