Pokhara is like the stepping point to go to some of the most popular hiking destinations in Nepal such as Annapurna Base Camp and Poon Hill. Of course we were heading there when we had our very first glimpse of the Himalayas on our flight from Kathmandu. It is a quite a sight to be seen from a flight with mountains and terraces dominate much of the landscape. We didn’t get to explore Pokhara when we arrived there because of…
Yangon is without doubt one of the most exotic places that I’ve even been to in all my travel trips so far. It is one of those places where there’s always something that surprises you somewhere in the corner. Here are some of the things that I did and found out about when I was in Yangon. Sakura Tower I splashed a little bit of money over a fine lunch at the 20th floor of Sakura Tower – which is probably…
Of course, as I had mentioned in my previous post on my trip to Nepal, it all began when I came up with a plan to climb up to the Everest Base Camp – only to be forced to change the plan at the eleventh hour due to some stupid presentation that I had to do at the university. Done with my presentation, I quickly returned home to pack up and hastily dashed over to the airport where my travel…