Tuesday, July 30, 2019 8:00 a.m. Room 4, Natalia Guest House Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Look at that time! Eight in the morning. I finally did it. I manged to get some sleep last night, and I feel so much better this morning. I’m not sure why I slept better, but…
Category: Myanmar
JOURNAL: Hmm. Maybe It’s Time to Buy a Smartphone.
Monday, July 29, 2019 4:30 a.m. Room 4, Natalia Guest House Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I was hoping to get a great night of sleep at my new guest house and then wake up feeling refreshed and full of energy. But that hasn’t happened. I was so tired yesterday that I…
JOURNAL: Best Mode of Transportation In Myanmar?
Saturday July 27, 2019 7:15 a.m. Room 2, Grocer’s Inn Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia This is my last day and night at the Grocer’s Inn. I’m finally moving back to my regular hostel to be reunited with my bicycle and all my gear. That signals the end of my arrival in…
JOURNAL: YouTube Comments, Guidebooks, & Myanmar Videos
Friday, July 26, 2019 4:30 a.m. Room 2, Grocer’s Inn Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I wore myself out yesterday because I spent so much time on the computer working on my blog, on videos for YouTube, and on reading about Myanmar. By 7 at night, I was a wreck. I had…
JOURNAL: Learning About Myanmar
Thursday, July 25, 2019 7:30 a.m. Room 2, Grocer’s Inn Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia As always, things are going much more slowly than I planned – especially regarding finishing up the YouTube videos from my final days in Myanmar. I thought I would stay in the Grocer’s Inn for three days…
JOURNAL: Flight from Mandalay to Kuala Lumpur
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 5:45 a.m. Room 2, Grocer’s Inn Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I’ve been back in Malaysia for a few days now. I flew here from Mandalay, Myanmar, by way of Bangkok. When I booked that flight, I was thinking that I would come back to Kuala Lumpur, reunite…
VIDEO: Mandalay to Kuala Lumpur on AirAsia – A Short But Also LOOONG Journey
With my visa for Myanmar soon expiring, I had booked a flight from Mandalay back to Kuala Lumpur, a city which has served as my base for a while. There were no direct flights, so I booked a flight with a 2-hour stopover at the (dreaded) Don Mueang Airport in…
VIDEO: Bustling Life Along the Irrawaddy – A WALK BESIDE MYANMAR’S LONGEST RIVER
One of my favorite activities is simply to walk around and watch how people work and live their lives in other countries. I would normally take pictures on these walkabouts, but I used my GoPro this time and shot video instead. And my favorite place for these walkabouts is anywhere…
VIDEO: Astonishing Unfinished Pagoda of Mingun – MANDALAY, MYANMAR
A mere ten-kilometer boat ride from Mandalay lies what some people call the largest pile of bricks in the world at Mingun. This astonishing pile of bricks was intended to be the largest pagoda in the world. It was never finished, and it was badly damaged in an earthquake. Yet,…
VIDEO: Bagan to Mandalay – A Day on the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar
Mandalay is not that far from Bagan. I believe it is about 170 kilometers by road, and if you need to make that trip to catch your flight, there are a lot of very comfortable and reasonably-priced buses waiting to take you. Some of them will even come to your…