by Hayley | Jun 8, 2013 | Asia, Blog posts
To say we were a little excited to start exploring Yangon would be an understatement. A place that so few have seen and is listed as a ‘Bad Land’ was almost intoxicating. We were in the only 3 white people on the plane. There were also 3 monks –...
by Hayley | Jun 5, 2013 | Asia, Blog posts
Upon leaving Koh Tao (sadly!) Cari Banana and I had to head to Bangkok to get our Burmese visa. How to get there? Overnight train! I have to say we were excited about the train as we had a sleeper all to ourselves. I had visions of eating in a dining cart like...
by Hayley | Jun 4, 2013 | Asia, Blog posts
After a sad farewell from Kamala town, we set sail for Koh Tao…. Or rather we got up ridiculously early and jumped in the car. Koh Tao is an island about a 5 hour drive from Phuket, about halfway up the coast to Bangkok.After arriving in Koh Tao we discovered...
by Hayley | May 30, 2013 | Asia, Blog posts
After packing up my life & moving to Kamala I have settled into a great life here with some amazing friends. I never imagined packing up my life again (and so soon) would be so hard. So what am I going to miss? EVERYTHING! But let me try & break it down a...
by Hayley | May 22, 2013 | Asia, Blog posts, Life
How does one prepare for running away to the circus? Mentally? Physically? I had done neither of these and yet Tuesday afternoon I found myself standing on the edge of a platform about to jump off…. I was to be the trapeze artist in this circus. It started...
by Hayley | May 13, 2013 | Asia, Blog posts
Living in Kamala for almost a year, I am pretty much settled in, but every now and then something comes along to keep life interesting.Last week a few of us from work were invited to a monk ordination ceremony. I was excited as it certainly wasn’t something that...
