After a 2-year hiatus, I think it's time to post a few fresh photos. We're traveling all winter this year, including stops in Colorado, Arizona, Hawaii, Oaxaca, and Thailand. But of all our travels, probably the most exciting is Myanmar, where we just spent the last couple weeks. My old friend Carl is currently living there and graciously served as our tour guide, showing us some of the more exciting and interesting spots in the country.
Hot air balloons over Bagan. Yup. Pretty amazing.
The whole village turns out for the local soccer tournament near Inle Lake
Nightly street food market on 19th Street in Yangon
Kickin' it at the Shwedagon
The trip also involved a couple extended layovers in Bangkok, where the warmth was a welcome change from Montana living
Monks at the Shwedagon Complex in Yangon
Kaku is as totally bonkers as this photo would lead you to believe
Monk in Wat Pho during our stint in Bangkok
Bagan sunrise. I felt like we were going to bump into Indiana Jones around every corner here.
Rickety bamboo ladder and machete for harvesting palm fruit
Hanging out in Bagan never gets old
Then we went to the southern town of Dawei, where our friend Carl found these beach bungalows that were remote enough that they required flying into a tiny landing strip, followed by a 2+ hour taxi on bone-jarring roads, and finally (after the roads all ended) a hot and sandy hike over a ridgeline down to a most pristine coastline. They even had great food!
Monks and statues
Grand Palace, Bangkok
Mount Popa - the hike up was well worth the views! But beware of the thousands of aggressive monkeys who live here!
Yangon's Shwedagon at dusk
Weaving lotus fiber(!) into clothes
Erin surveys her domain