Nobody said that completing our list of While We’re Alive experiences was going to be easy, and #9-Ballooning Over Bagan in Myanmar is proving to be one of those wallet draining experiences that will make completing it that much sweeter. Our first attempt really wasn’t a failure, but still an attempt nonetheless.  On our first […]

Myanmar recently released their tourism statistics for 2012 (Read CNNTravel), and with the lifting of sanctions and steps taken toward forming a democracy, the country has begun to see a surge in tourism with over 1 million visitors this past year.  Compared to Thailand’s 22 million visitors in the same year, 1 million people flocking […]

Last night, we decided it was about time to put together a short video of our trip to Myanmar.  Our attempts at making one together failed because we both valued different aspects of the trip.  Hence the creation of this post, The Great Myanmar Video Challenge! Using the exact same raw footage, we created two […]

Trekking is the last thing we ever thought we’d sign up for!  Anybody who knows us would tell you they’d be shocked, surprised, and maybe even a little scared for our lives if we ever went on a trek.  But, we heard such good things about the 2 day trek from Kalaw to Inle Lake […]

Squat toilets…my nemesis.  On our two day, one night trekking trip from Kalaw to Inle Lake, my central fear was, “what will the toilets be like?”  Up until now, every trip to Asia I’ve survived on 3 star hotel and restaurant toilets (built clearly for my Western bum).  This trek would offer no hotel toilets; […]