It’s easy to travel to Myanmar and live in the past; the British Colonial era in Yangon and 12th Century Pagan in Bagan as prime examples. The new(ish) capital of Naypidaw is rarely included on the more romanticised itineraries. For…
Adventures on Chinese trains and hacks for the high speed rail
Chinese trains are easy once you’ve missed a few and experienced being stranded with no tickets available for the next two days! This is my list of tips for booking and getting yourself on the train – with the idea of…
Zhangzhou Old Town
Most people in Zhangzhou didn’t even know there was an old town in Zhangzhou. The elderly drank tea on the street sitting in bamboo armchairs, with tiny glass teapots heated by paraffin burners. Shops were family owned with a number of crafts…
Bike Aways Newsletter # 2 March 2017
Happy Tibetan fire rooster New Year May all your roosters be free-ranging and delicious. And may fires warm your homes without burning them down. (A non-traditional and non-Tibetan new years greeting) Here in Hong Kong the air is crisp, the…
Books about Burma
Books Fiction: The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh Burmese Days by George Orwell The Flame Tree by Keith Dahlberg Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan Burmese Tango and The Road to Wanting,…
Mandalay Hotels
Bagan King– 98 USD per night Yandabon Dynasty– 72 USD per night Mandalay City//Hotel Yadanabon- 70 USD per night For more basic guesthouses: Mama Guesthouse – 40-45 USD per night (sweet family-run place. A few blocks away from restaurants/bars but nice and…
Hotels in Nepal
Hotel Vajra Phil Hawes, its chief architect was associated with Frank Lloyd Wright and taught graduate architecture with Bruce Goff, the two great promoters of organic architecture. While building the Hotel Vajra, Hawes synergized the traditions of the pagoda style…
International Airlines that fly to Nepal
From wikipedia: International Airlines that fly to Kathmandu. Airlines Destinations Air Arabia Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International Air China Chengdu, Lhasa Air India Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi Bhutan Airlines Delhi, Paro Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dhaka Buddha Air Varanasi Cathay Dragon Hong Kong, Dhaka China…
Bike Burma Poster
Cycling the Chinese seasons – March in the Fujian Tulou
This is the poster for our first trip of 2017 in Fujian. Its in March and will be the earliest Fujian ride we have done, but only by three days. Fujian is one of the warmest provinces in China with temperatures…