First impression of Burma

Steve and I are having a wonderful time here in Burma. We've arrived Sunday morning with a surprisingly on time air Asia flight from Bangkok, we've spent the first day in Yangon visiting a stunning Shwedagon Paya at sunset and then we've taken the early morning flight to Bagan. Here in Bagan life is relaxed, there's hardly any traffic at all and I finally decided to end my 20 years ban on bikes. Yep, in 2 days, complete with high humidity and heat (but I like it cause it reminds me of my hometown in summer), we managed to drop our jaws in awe to at least two dozens temples. And Just when I thought we would have been templed out, we take the wrong turn and we end up in one of the most mysterious ones, the temple that saw a king chopping off the arms of the architects or because the brickwork wasn't tight enough! The bike riding from temple to temple has been tough but very rewarding with some amazing sights being permanently captured by camera. The food! We couldn't ask for better curries! They're not As spicy as Indian or Thai curries, they are simply delicious and I'm afraid now we must come to terms with a disturbing addiction to tamarind flakes!!! So sweet! Going to bed early now, tomorrow morning we'll try our luck in a hot air ballon Flight.

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It begins..

At Sydney airport waiting to board. Steve and I are excited to be here, gladly waiting in the lounge room for our flight to start the boarding procedures. In front of us a couple of volunteers from an unknown organization, on our right side a guy playing guitar as if it was the most natural thing in the world, sometimes singing, mostly just playing to his and our heart content. We're not heavy this time, just a couple of bags, Burma is going to be scorching hot, hopefully! We missed summer this year in Sydney and finally going to a warm destination is a reward we've been looking forward since last November. The guitar guy has stopped playing we have to start boarding soon. Well, here we go! The soft voices in the. Ackground are almost rocking me to sleep, it must the glass of Chardonnay I had with Tim cha earlier. Boarding now!

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Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef , a set on Flickr.

Nature's Paintings

Nature's Paintings, a set on Flickr.

In February 2012 Steve and i went to White Island in New Zealand, an active volcano that was once used as a whaling station but that has been since long abandoned and it's now one of the most interesting tourist spots in the North Island.