Tag: hsipaw

  • Hsipaw to Mandalay via the Goteik Viaduct

    Hsipaw to Mandalay via the Goteik Viaduct

    After a thrilling few days off the beaten track in Hsipaw, it was time to come back and explore some of Myanmar’s more famous areas. That mean Mandalay. To get there, my chosen mode was via the relatively slow but beautiful train, which passes over the Goteik Viaduct Train Bridge, an engineering marvel. View Larger…

  • Hsipaw, Myanmar – Pushing As Far North As Possible.

    Hsipaw, Myanmar – Pushing As Far North As Possible.

    Traveling to Hsipaw, Myanmar marked the start of my grand exploration of central Myanmar. While I was in Yangon, I had a short discussion with a friend of a friend who was a travel agent, and although doing a travel-agent setup, luxury-themed, cut and dry trip is certainly not my style, I did get some…