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Join the train from Kalaw in the Burmese highlands to Shwenyaung in this video. This is a very nice way to arrive at the world famous Inle Lake....
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The Train from Kalaw to Shwenyaung
I was heading for Inle Lake and the train from Kalaw to Shwenyaung was to be my third train journey in Myanmar. This is a great country for train...
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Train Across the Gokteik Viaduct
The Gokteik Viaduct is the highlight of one of the world's most exciting train journeys. Watch this video. Have a look at this video about the train...
The train across the Gokteik Viaduct
I was introduced to Myanmar trains on the bumpy Yangon to Mandalay night train. I grew up on one of the world’s most epic train journeys, the train...
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Night Train to Mandalay
The night train from Yangon to Mandalay in Myanmar is a very exotic train journey. 16 hours of shake, rattle and roll past endless paddy fields and...
The Night Train to Mandalay
Kipling’s one-liner that it will “be quite unlike any land you know about” does come in handy in a description of Myanmar train journeys. Like the...
Central Yangon
Yangon is same-same but different from other large Southeast Asian cities in several ways. Traditions are heavy in architecture and clothing,...
The Amazing Shwedagon Pagoda
"Shwedagon Pagoda", I had told the taxi driver when I stepped out of the Strand Hotel, the best preserved remnant of the British colonial era in...
Myanmar – The Plan
In 1985 I was sitting on the front porch of my little bungalow on the Thai side of the Mae Sai River looking over to Burma. The country was...
Pictures from Cambodia
This is a collection of pictures from Cambodia, the result of a trip to different parts of the country, from the north and to the south. If you look...
A visit to Sihanoukville
Trying to get a tan in the rainy season, here is a visit to Sihanoukville, Cambodia's seaside resort, during the rainy season. This is the story of...
VIDEO – Cambodia (4) Sihanoukville
What you will see in this video from Sihanoukville is that an expected couple of days under the sun in the southern Cambodian town proved...
Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia
Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia and most important city. What a capital, what a past and (hopefully) what a future! In 2009 I spent a week in...
VIDEO – Cambodia (3) Choeung Ek
This video is from a visit to the Killing Fields with a memorial and mass graves at Choeung Ek outside Phnom Penh. Audio: Traditional folk music...
VIDEO – Cambodia (2) Phnom Penh – Markets
This video is from walks through two Phnom Penh markets, the Night Market and the Russian Market (Psar Toul Tom Poung). The latter is a covered maze...
VIDEO – Cambodia (1) Phnom Penh – Royal Palace
This video is from the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. It serves as the residence of the King of Cambodia and is a magnificent palace. According to...
World Heritage #0668 – Angkor
Angkor has over the last few decades evolved into a major destination. That's not bad considering it is basically an archaeological site. The...
Siem Reap and Angkor are Cambodia’s most popular attractions
Siem Reap and Angkor are Cambodia's most popular attractions. This was going to a most extraordinary experience: The temple complex of Angkor. In...
VIDEO – Cambodia – 3 days in Angkor (4)
This is the fourth video from the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia, number 668 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Wikipedia states that Angkor served...
VIDEO – Cambodia – 3 days in Angkor (3)
This is the third video from the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia, number 668 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Wikipedia states that Angkor served...
VIDEO – Cambodia – 3 days in Angkor (2)
This is the second video from the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia, number 668 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Wikipedia states that Angkor served...
VIDEO – Cambodia – 3 days in Angkor (1)
This is the first video from the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia, number 668 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Wikipedia states that Angkor served...
Pictures from Laos
This is a collection of pictures from Laos, the result of a trip to the capital and also northern parts of the country. If you look up my articles...
The temple town of Luang Prabang, Laos
The temple town of Luang Prabang, Laos is what I like. A fascinating landscape and a beautiful city full of temples, high on the World Heritage List...
VIDEO – Laos (4) Tat Kuang Si
This is a video from the Tat Kuang Si waterfalls, which are situated a fairly short distance from Luang Prabang, Laos. This day the waterfall and...
VIDEO – Laos (3) Luang Prabang
This is a video from Luang Prabang, a wonderful city and no. 479 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Audio: Ethnic minority music of Southern Laos....
World Heritage #0479 – Luang Prabang
Temples, temples and more temples. Still, there is more to the town Luang Prabang in northern Laos than that. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
VIDEO – Laos (2) Northbound bus
This video is from a northbound bus in Laos, from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang. It crosses some high mountains and passes by small villages. Audio:...
Among backpackers in Vang Vieng, Laos
Being among backpackers in Vang Vieng, Laos, what was wrong? Entering a backpacker's haven on my own, twenty years older then the rest and what...
Vientiane, the capital of Laos
Vientiane, the capital of Laos, was my first stop on a visit to Laos and Cambodia. I hadn't been away from my family for many years, or in this part...
