08 July, 2012 We booked our bus ride from Yangon to Mandalay through our hotel in Yangon. The name of the bus company was Mandalar Min Express and it cost 13,000 Kyat/person (about $15 usd). We were told that because of the newly opened highway and newer buses the ride would only take seven hours […]
July 7, 2012 Shwedagon Paya is one of the most amazing sights that we have seen. I think it should be considered one of the seven wonders of the world. A paya (or stupa or pagoda) is a dome-shaped structure that often contains Buddhist relics and is used as a place of worship. There are
We had a full day of sightseeing on our first day in Yangon, Myanmar. It is monsoon season right now and the morning started out with pouring rain.
Sule Paya, Bogyoke Aung San Market, and Chaukhtatgyi Paya Read More »
July 6, 2012 We arrived on a cloudy evening from Bangkok at around 6:00 PM local Myanmar time. Yangon International Airport is the second smallest Capital airport in south east Asia that we have used. The only smaller one is Vientiane, Laos. Our plane was the only one in any of the terminals at the
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On Saturday, George and I took his sister Ann and her husband Doug kayaking in Kailua. Despite a forecasted chance of rain, it was a beautiful day in Kailua! Paddling on tropical aqua blue waters is my ideal way to spend a Saturday! Getting to Kailua from Waikiki If you have a rental car, you
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Chris, Maynadine, and their girls visited us in Oahu at the end of December and beginning of January. One of our many adventures together was a hike to the Waimea Valley Waterfall. We wanted to go on a couple hikes during their visit, and the relatively flat 3/4 mile hike to the Waimea Valley waterfall
Wishing you a Merry Christmas from Honolulu, Hawaii! Here are some photos from our Hawaiian Christmas day: It was such a nice sunny day! We enjoyed floating around on our raft. We went back to the Honolulu Hale (city hall) to see the Honolulu City Lights again on Christmas Eve. Here are a couple photos:
Sonya and Baby Toma came to visit us in Honolulu during the first week of December. On Saturday, December 3rd we took the bus to downtown Honolulu to watch the Honolulu City Lights Parade. We arrived at the Honolulu Hale (City Hall) around 5pm and walked around to see the decorations. There were also keiki
Thanksgiving Day- This past weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving in Waikiki. It was the first year that George and I celebrated Thanksgiving without family, but we still managed to have a wonderful time, full of holiday cheer! If you are in Hawaii for Thanksgiving, you have to go to the beach, at least for part of