More. Curvy. Roads. *sigh* Once again the road trip was a pretty rough. This one was only a little more than an hour long, but everyone was turning a little green. (We likely would have both been sick if it had lasted 5 more minutes.) When we were freed from the minibus, two others (Helen…
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Life of Pai
One of our favorite ways to find places to go is to ask other people we meet along the way. And Pai was easily the most recommended places. We heard it was beautiful, chill and a bit of a hippie heaven. Luckily it was much easier to get there than Chiang Mai. (Our hotel helped…
New Year’s Eve: Treat Yo Self!
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!…
Welcome to Phitsanulok…
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
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…
A Quick Day in Yangon
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…
On the Water and In the Kitchen in Lake Inle
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…
Livin’ it up in the Hostel Ostello Bello
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…
O.M.G. The Chili Crab!
So I was originally going to call this post something along the lines of eating our way through Singapore, while creatively adding in something about Christmas lights. But then we had the Chili Crab for dinner and O.M.G. Ok so let us start from the beginning. Singapore wasn’t originally on our list of places to…
Annapurna Trek to Poon Hill
(Finally catching up on our blog posts!) After a few days in Kathmandu and a weekend in Nagarkot, we packed everything up to head to Pokhara. The bus station was right down the street, but with all of our stuff (plus the 40lbs of school supplies we brought as a donation to a local Pokhara…
Hotel at the End of the Universe
After two whole days in the big city of Kathmandu, we were ready for a break. It was Saturday (their “Sunday”) and we were told many things would be closed. A cab driver told us to check out a place called Nagarkot – so we looked it up during breakfast, packed an overnight bag, and…
Brandon & Devon (BaD) Journey 