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Myanmar, one of the only countries in south east Asia I had not visited yet. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, everything I heard about it from fellow travellers and in the news, made me more and more curious about the country. I had to go, see, and experience for myself. Thank your Air Asia Fabolous [...]

So much happened in Myanmar the past years. I wanted to give a more complete overview about its recent history, so I decided to write a separate post on this topic. Where, what, how? Burma is one of the largest countries in mainland southeast Asia, bordered by China on the north, Laos on the east, [...]

Bangkok is the main transit hub to get to Myanmar, hence it is one of the easiest places in the world to get your tourist visa for Myanmar. Remember when booking your flights: a Myanmar visa is 28 days, not 30 days.

March 6, 2011: time to fly back to Bangkok. I lost count how many times I was in Bangkok in the past 1.5 years: a lot of times. After saying bye to Adi’s family and taking some pictures, he took me to the airport by motorbike. My Air Asia flight back to Bangkok was on [...]

Yes, a part 4 even. Too much happened, waited too long to type it out, priorities.. Let’s summarize it a bit. Before moving to Alex’ house, I was looking on the Couchsurfing website and found Papa Jero and his family. We exchanged some messages and I was planning to go there. Then a French couple [...]

Whoa, it is too long ago that I updated my blog. A lot of things happened in the mean time. I stayed a couple of days longer in Canggu with Joko. I cleaned the area around the pool, which was totally green, being neglected by their maid: it was dangerously slippery. I needed to catch [...]