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