A Teak Beauty
The Shwenandaw Monastery in Mandalay, also known as the Golden Palace Monastery, is close to Mandalay Hill and The World’s…
Reading the World’s Biggest Book
Or more known as visiting the Kuthodow Pagoda in Mandalay 🙂 It’s not the pagoda itself, but the myriads of…
Back to Basics, with That Little Extra
You know I usually stay at budget hotels. Only being concerned about a clean room, a safe and central location,…
Tea House Done the Local Way!
After a soft introduction into the tea house tradition at Rangoon Tea House, we were off to experience it the…
Art Boutique Hotel in Yangon
So we didn’t get off to the best start, Merchant Hotel and I, as my airport pick-up never showed. Turned…
Perfect for Kids!
And apparently interesting for grown-ups too. Might have looked out of place seeing four adults trundling in without kids in…
Rangoon Tea House: Treasure Chest Worthy!
Somewhere in downtown Yangon lies an anonymous entrance which leads to a gem I didn’t expect to come across when my…
People’s Square and Park by Night
…must be more impressive than by day. And I’ll claim that even though I haven’t visited during the day 🙂…
Sleeping With a Ghost…?
That was kind of the big question when I happily checked out of Kiwi International Hotel in Auckland. What happened…
Why I Do YHA
This was my first time at a Hostelling International hostel, in New Zealand also known as YHA, and it won’t…
The Echo of Art Deco
I bet the Hotel Waterloo & Backpackers building in Wellington was a beauty once upon a time. These days it…
Snow White Roll, 911 Fire Roll, Darth Vader Roll: This Sushi You Gotta Try!
So there we were, in Grünerløkka in Oslo, three friends and a daughter in the search of a sushi place…