Mount Zwegabin is the highest climb you can do in Hpa-An. It takes from 1h30 up to 2 hours to complete the journey up, and people advise doing it for sunrise. That’s what I did. I don’t like to wake[…]

Hpa-An is a cute little town in Myanmar where you can easily spend three nights without getting bored. Just like the rest of Myanmar, don’t expect a very tourist made place full of foreigners and parties. In fact, you will[…]

This was my first day in Hpa-An and after a long previous day from bus to bus to go from Taungoo to Hpa-An, I slept until noon. As I only had the afternoon to explore Hpa-An, I decided to walk[…]

The bus from Taungoo to Hpa-An doesn’t depart from the city. The city doesn’t have one main bus station. Instead, the bus that passes by makes a stop on the street in a place that I have no idea where[…]

The reason why I go to Taungoo is Thandaunggyi, a pagoda in the very top of a wonderful mountain above the clouds. Basically this was the reason why I wanted to go from Loikaw to Taungoo. Also, I wanted to[…]

I want to go from Loikaw to Hpa-An, but there are no direct buses, that’s why I headed to Taungoo. However, there are no daily buses from Loikaw to Taungoo, so I needed to wait until the next daily. There[…]

On my third day in Loikaw, I decided to visit around town by bicycle. I have already done the things I wanted and has there isn’t a daily bus to Taungoo, my next destination, I need to stay one day[…]

After panicking a little bit because I wasn’t finding anyone to join a tour to visit Loikaw ethnic groups the following day, I finally found the perfect solution. Someone told me about a student that takes foreigners to the villages[…]

Loikaw was a place I missed to visit the previous times, so no excuse on my third time in Myanmar. There is only one bus per day going from Mandalay to Loikaw and it departs at 7 pm. It is[…]