Bonkers for Bagan

Bonkers for Bagan

After nearly a month in India, we returned to Bangkok for a short few days, applied for our visas and we're off again to one of the countries I was most looking forward to: Burma. We started our month in Bagan, an ancient capital city with more than 2,000 temples. All in an area of 104 square kilometers (40 sq mi)! And to make it even crazier. They're used to be 10,000 of these temples during the Pagan Kingdom's height between the 11th-13th centuries. 10,000 temples! I can't even begin to imagine what that looked like because with “only” 2,000 of them, it's impossible to look anywhere without seeing dozens.

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Our Koh-valescence in Southern Thailand

Our Koh-valescence in Southern Thailand

The south of Thailand is famous for its many island paradises where you can get lost in island time and really relax. The latter of which was definitely in order as we still weren't completely rested from our month in New Zealand as demonstrated by The Herps Fiasco. After reading too many blogs, articles and WikiTravel pages, we decided to start on Koh Lanta. And so the beginning of April saw us entering the country which, when all is said and done, will be the country we spent the most time in.

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Photo Essay: Salar de Uyuni

Photo Essay: Salar de Uyuni

You've most likely seen the silly pictures people usually take when visiting the salt flats in Bolivia (see our own gallery below) but what makes this tour so incredible is how beautiful the landscape is all around...

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