We heard the bus rides in Myanmar were bad.  No air-conditioning, slow moving, small seats, unpaved roads.  We were prepared for these inconveniences and needed to save some money, so we bought a one-way ticket on a deluxe mini-bus for the 9 hour ride from Bagan to Kalaw for 10 500 kyat each ($14 US).  […]

Bagan, Myanmar.  The land of over 2000 pagodas! A town where street lamps made of white fluorescent tubes are nailed to nearby trees every 100 meters.  A town where tourists and locals alike take horse and carriage to near and far distances.  A town where children and dogs play on the street without fear of […]

Arriving in Yangon, Myanmar, we really didn’t know what to expect.  No friends or family had made the trek over, thus we decided to go solely on our impressions from what we could find on the internet and read in Lonely Planet.  As it’s yet to be 24 hours since we’ve arrived, it’s hard to […]

While researching back home how to obtain a visa to Myanmar from Bangkok, it quickly became apparent that the process wasn’t always consistent, nor would it necessarily be easy.  The forums we poured through shared many commonalities on the process, yet there were sometimes discrepancies.  As we learned much about the process from these forums, […]

About six months ago, Katherine submitted our story The Proposal to Bridal Fantasy with hopes and dreams of having it published on their blog.  Time passed quickly and we soon forgot all about it until we received the following e-mail on Friday.  :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good afternoon Katherine & Thomas, Thank you for sharing your engagement story with […]