We wanted to make it to Chiang Mai for New Year’s Eve because we read that they have a beautiful lantern celebration. And despite Brandon’s claim that it was added to her bucket list after reading about it, Devon has had this on her bucket list for years. And it couldn’t have been more amazing!…

What a couple of days! Crossing in to Thailand from Myanmar was pretty simple. We got a shared taxi to Myawaddy, walked to the border crossing, filled out our entry form, crossed a bridge and we were in Mae Sot, Thailand. We expected a small, sleepy, border town, but that is not what we found….

Hpa-An (pronounced Pa’an) was our favorite city in Myanmar without question. It is a bit less traveled than many of the other destinations we visited making the people and experiences more authentic and often funny. For example, on our way there our bus company took our dinner order before we left. We both ordered the…

We truly had less than a day in Yangon. The only thing we really wanted to see was the Schwedegon Pagoda – pronounced Sweaty Gong Pagoda (more or less). After we stashed our luggage at the bus company for our next overnight bus, we went straight to the pagoda. It was amazing! It was by…

This bus ride was a little bit rougher than our last and we got in at around 4:00 AM. This time, neither of us had slept and we were ready to crash. (We booked the hotel for 2 nights so we could get a bit of sleep when we arrived which was 100% worth the…

From Singapore, we flew to Yangon (Myanmar) and caught the overnight bus to Bagan. When we landed in Yangon, (I) Devon went to get some cash while Brandon grabbed the luggage. I knew the exchange rate was a bit extreme, but didn’t know exactly what it was. So when taking money out I chose the…