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4000 islands – in search of tranquility and …. the Irrawaddy dolphins!

On Tuesday January 17th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged 4000 wysp, autobus, bicicleta, bicycle, bike, boat, Bolaven, bote, bungalow, Cambodia, Camboya, cascada, catarata, delfin, dolphin, Don Det, Don Khon, Ganges, Irrawaddy, kambodża, Laos, łódź, Mekong, Nakasang, night bus, Pakse, peace, Plateau, relax, rio, river, rower, rzeka, tranquility, tubing, Vientiane, waterfall, wodospadLeave a comment

‘’4000 islands’’ – most probably the name of this place doesn’t sound familiar to you? Let’s change it! In Laos the islands are must-see if you want to relax during your stay in this country! The hottest part of Laos right close to the border with Cambodia is not only a place to wind down in bungalows in the islands of Don Det and Don Khon, but also a place where you can experience a closer contact with dolphins floating in the Mekong River! How is that possible? Dolphins in the river? Yes, confirmed and seen with our own eyes! 🙂

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Bolaven Plateau – a paradise for those loving waterfalls!

On Monday January 16th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged bed, Bolaven, bus, cafe, cascada, catarata, coffee, ethnic village, green, kawa, nature, Pakse, peace, plantación, plantacja, plantaction, Plateau, pueblos, sleeper bus, Tad Champi, Tad Fane, Tad Hang, Tad Pasuam, tranquility, Vientiane, village, waterfall, wodospadLeave a comment

Bolaven Plateau situated in southern Laos is known for its landscapes illustrating unspoilt nature: myriads of waterfalls and green scenery. It can be considered an ideal place to take a rest or the one perfect to have a tour visiting waterfalls while staying in Pakse. Also this time we recommend you to hop on a motorbike although the area you will have to move along covers 180-200km. We purchased a tour at a tourist agency tempted to see 3 more attractions in one day and paid 2,50USD more per capita comparing the costs of taking a motorbike for 2, but later we regreted that we did not do that the usual way – on a motorcycle, despite the large distance to traverse. For sure it would have been more fun! (Especially since our driver was driving his clunker so fu(..)ing slowly!…)

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Kuang Si Waterfall and its neighbourhood – the breathtaking views!

On Saturday January 14th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Bear Sanctuary, cascada, Chiang Khong, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, krajobraz, Kuang Si, landscape, Luang Prabang, Phousi Mountain, slow boat, tuk-tuk, waterfall, widok, wodospad4 Comments

Before we came to Laos everyone was telling us that nowhere in Asia we would see such magnificent natural landscapes with lots of beautiful waterfalls as in this country. And because of that we waited impatiently for this point of our journey but also were half-convinced when hearing these opinions as from our experence in many Asian countries tourists are offered to see waterfalls, which depending on the season look different than in the pictures, and in many cases you can get easily disappointed, e.g. seeing in front of you a watetfall which dried out or which looks flooded in a rainy season with mud everywhere and no more crystal clear waters…

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The mysterious Phonsavan – a land strewn with gigantic jars and bomb craters

On Saturday January 14th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged ##bombykasetowe, #archaelogocialsite, #bombcraters, #clusterbombs, #dolinadzbanów, #Muangpek, #plainofjars, #równinadzbanów, #spoonvillage, #Vietnamwar, #wojnawietnamska, Americans, archaeological site, bomb craters, bomba, bombardowania, bomby kasetowe, cluster bombs, czołg, Dolina Dzbanów, krater, Laos, motorbike, Muang Pek, niewybuch, Phonsavan, plain of jars, Równina Dzbanów, Russian, Spoon Village, tank, tour, urns, Vietnam war, wioska, wojna, woska9 Comments

Have you ever heard of the Plain of Jars near Phonsavan in Laos with over 2,000 stone jars scattered all over a huge area (some of them being 3m high)? And any idea about bomb craters in this terrain left by the Americans during the Vietnam War? The mysterious surroundings of Phonsavan arouse curiosity of many travelers. Life in the villages situated close to the craters goes on as if the bombs have never fallen in that area and the real purpose of the mysterious jars is not 100% confirmed …

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Chiang Rai: visiting the controversial Long neck women village & much more…

On Saturday January 7th, 2017Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, ThailandTagged #Blackhouse, #bluetemple, #Chiang, #Chiangrai, #Chiangsaen, #clocktower, #flowerfestival, #golden, #Goldentriangle, #longear, #longneckwomen, #Mai, #MaiSai, #monkeycave, #opiummuseum, #Rai, #Tajlandia, #teaplantation, #triangle, #whitetemple, #Złotytrójkąt, Akha, Birma, Birmania, border, Lahu, Myanmar, opium, Thailand, village, wioska73 Comments

Chiang Rai is a city situated in northern Thailand, close to the famous Golden Triangle (where the borders of three countries /Thailand, Laos, Myanmar/ meet and where opium used to value the same as gold, hence the name!). You can visit the city and its most important points in one day, provided that you don’t have going for trekking in your plans. We went on an excursion, which included driving about 240km to visit 10 points starting in the early morning and finishing around 7pm! Not all of the places are worth visiting, but we have to admit that we wouldn’t have been able to visit half of them on our own, so all in all, the trip was worth doing.

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Yangon – the most interesting places to see in 1 day

On Friday January 6th, 2017Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged biggest, Birma, Birmania, Burma, city, garden, Kandawgyi, Maha Wizaya, Mandalay, mjanma, Myanmar, pagoda, park, Shwedagon, Sule Pagoda, temple, templo, YangonLeave a comment

Yangon is Myanmar’s largest city with a population of over 5 million people, being the economic and cultural center of the country. You can see that this is practically the only prosperous and ” civilized ” city in this country, focused on business development and having a vibrant life. It is also the most diverse city with a mixture of cultures and religions.

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Mandalay and its neighbourhood – temples dripping in gold vs sad reality

On Monday January 2nd, 2017Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Ahtumashi, Amaraputa, bieda, Birma, Birmania, bobactwo, bridge, Budda, Buddha, Burma, donation, entrance, government, Innwa, junta, Kuthodaw, longest bridge, Mahamuni, Mandalay, Mandalay Hill, market, monastery, Myanmar, pagoda, palace, pobre, poor, poverty, regime, reżim, Sagaing, Sandamuni, Shwe Inbin, Soon U Ponya Shin, teak wood, temple, ticket, U Bein, U Min Thonze, wealth, Zaycho112 Comments

Mandalay is the second largest city of Myanmar with a population exceeding one million, yet not looking like a well developed and organized city. Chaos on the road is nothing new in an Asian country and it’s there. What strikes a contemporary traveller is poverty, decrepit buildings, someone would have said ‘the grunge everywhere’ and general backwardness in thinking and technology as well.

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The taste of Burmese cuisine – let’s cook!

On Saturday December 31st, 2016Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Birma, Birmania, Burma, chef, cocina, cocinero, comida, cook, cooking class, cuisine, delicioso, delicious, food, gotowanie, housewife, inle lake, jedzenie, jefe de cocina, kucharz, kuchnia, Kuduk, Michał, mjanma, Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, po birmańsku, pyszne, rico, sabroso, szef kuchni, tastyLeave a comment

How to get to know the authentic Burmese cuisine? Eating out at local bars with Burmese people is a good way but it’s not the same as cooking with a local ‘housewife’… Especially if you can participate in the process of preparing products (by going to the market to get them, the place where the whole experience begins), then in the preparation of various dishes, especially the typically traditional ones (it’s worth mentioning that you choose what you want to cook during a cooking class, so you have the chance to emphasize that you want to cook and eat the food Burmese people eat at home). We highly recommend you a cooking class offered by ‘Y Wine’ in Nyaung Shwe for 15.000MMK (11USD) per person (in our case of course it was Michal who was cooking, and me following his each and every step snapping photos and later even tasting the cooked dishes with him, and yet we only paid for 1 person!).

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Bagan – the ancient city with a soul

On Saturday December 31st, 2016Thursday December 27th, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Angkor, Archeological Zone, Bagan, Birma, Birmania, e-bike, Ever New Guesthouse, Krolestwo, Myanmar, New Bagan, Nyaung-U, Old Bagan, Pagan, pagoda, stupa, UNESCOLeave a comment

Being in Myanmar and not visiting Bagan, an ancient city still waiting to be enlisted the UNESCO World Heritage Site, would equal to not seeing the temples of Angkor while your stay in Cambodia. The Kingdom of Pagan gave rise to the modern Myanmar (Burma) and was the first kingdom unifying regions. The admission fee every tourist has to pay when entering Bagan Archaeological Zone is $ 25 and it’s valid for 5 days. To visit this wonderful city on a budget we rented an e-bike (electronic bicycle) for 10.000MMK (7,50USD) for the whole day. Exploring Bagan on an e-bike was pure fun 🙂

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Living on water in Inle Lake

On Thursday December 29th, 2016Sunday January 1st, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Birma, Birmania, boat, boatman, fisherman, floating garden, floating market, forest monastery, Idein, inle lake, jezioro, long neck, łódź, Maing Thauk, market, mountain, Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, Red Mountain Winery, rybak, stupa, tasting wine, temple, tour, village, village life, water, wine, wycieczka8 Comments

Inle Lake – a magical place, especially at 7am when boats can start traversing this most famous and second-largest lake in Myanmar (its surface area: 116 square kilometres). You can take a longer trip to get to distant villages. It will cost you only 10,000MMK / 7,50USD per person (the boat for 2 people) to set off on a 6-8h trip and to enjoy the views of life on the water, and much more.

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