Bangkok street food.
There is one crazy thing I forgot to mention that I learned in Kanchanaburi. Are you sitting down? On January 25, 1942, Thailand declared war on the United States!!! Who knew? And also, huh?
Memories of Burma and Thailand
Burma
Inle Lake
Inle Lake is on Burma’s short list of best places to visit and home to various ethnic communities, small farms, and lots of wildlife. It has the added benefit of being at 3,000 feet elevation so its climate is much cooler than our other whistle stops.
Bagan
We arrived in Bagan by way of a four hour, somewhat bone-jarring back road drive from Mandalay. The drive gave us a view of the gorgeous Burmese countryside — carts pulled by horses and Burma cows, herds of long-eared, black-headed goats, and thatched houses along mile after mile of bright green farmland.
Mandalay
We are hot and sweaty and happy. After a couple of transition days in Bangkok, we started our Burma journey in Mandalay, located in the flatland middle and close to other places we wanted to see.
Mandalay is actually not very interesting.
Rev for Stride
Riding a horse is a way to experience exhilaration and peace and connectedness all at the same time. I rarely feel more me than when I am on a horse.
