From Yangon we flew to Bagan, an ancient city in the Mandalay region. From the 9th to the 13th century it was the capital of the Pagan kingdom. Now tourists visit to view the pagodas.
Places
Memories of Myanmar
Myanmar, or Burma, as it used to be called was top of my wish list for years. So when Aung San Suu Kyi said tourists could visit as long as we tried to spend money with the locals, not the government, we booked to go.
The fabulous Greek Islands
Greece has 6,ooo islands but only 227 of them are inhabited. We did a day trip to the three little islands of Aegina, Poros and Hydros on a Saronic islands tour from Pireaus.
st necktarios
temple of aphaia
Aegina
These islands are everything you expect from a Greek island but they are tiny.
More of Greece, Ancient and Modern
There is so much to see as you travel round Greece.
Greece, Food and Culture
It seems likely Greece will be one of the first places we’ll be allowed to go when (if) lock down ends. Its worth it for the food. I could go there and just eat for a week! But when you’ve eaten all the mousaka and spanakopita you can manage there is plenty to see.
The Keralan Backwaters Experience
The Kerala backwaters are canals, rivers, and lagoons all connected together over a huge area.
Tamil Nadu’s Temples
A Southern Indian Tour From Chennai
And another from the past.
We flew into Chennai for our tour of southern India. Once called Madras, Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu on the Coramandel coast.
Beautiful Northern Cyprus
In 1974 an attempted coup by Greek Cypriot nationalists ended in an invasion by Turkey and the division of the island.
Taormina, the Perfect Holiday Destination
On a hillside on the east coast of Sicily and close to Mount Etna is the beautiful town of Taormina.