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Video: Mike Embarrasses Himself By Juggling Rattan In Myanmar

April 26, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Mike Embarrasses Himself By Juggling Rattan In Myanmar

While visiting The Golden Rock (Kyaiktiyo Pagoda) in Myanmar, Mike saw some men juggling (or playing chinlone) a rattan (a wicker ball) and after some encouragement decided to join them. Thankfully, no was hurt as the result of this bad decision. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUs3k393YkA?t=10s]

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Tagged With: adventure, backpacking, caneball, Chinlone, Juggling, Kinpun, Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Kyaikto, Mon state, Myanmar, Rattan, rattan ball, rattan cane, rattan weaving, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, rtw, rtwnow, travel, vacation, wicker ball, ကျာ်သိယဵု, ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရား, ခြင်းလုံး, ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်

Video: Motorbike Taxi At Night in Bago, Myanmar

April 25, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Motorbike Taxi At Night in Bago, Myanmar

This short video does not truly convey how frightening it is to ride a motorbike taxi at night in Myanmar. There are no traffic lights or seat belts (and obviously no mounts for cameras, hence the shaky view). We survived, but definitely came away with a couple gray hairs. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbwujm8Lqxw]

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Tagged With: adventure, backpacking, Bago, Burma, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Taxi, Myanmar, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, rtw, rtwnow, Shan state, Shan Tribe, Southeast Asia, travel, trekking, vacation, ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်

Video: Sights To See In Bago, Myanmar

April 25, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Sights To See In Bago, Myanmar

Bago (previously known as Pegu) is a short couple hour bus ride northeast from Yangon. There is quite a number of sights to see, mainly related to Buddhism. Some of these include the Shwemawdaw Paya, Snake Monastery, Paleik Snake Monastery, Shwetaungyoe Paya, Mahazedi Paya, Shwethalyaung Buddha, Naung Daw Gyi Mya Tha Lyaung, and the Four Read Post

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Tagged With: backpacking, Bago, Bago Region, Bago Sittaung Canal, Burma, Four Figures Paya, Kanbawzathadi Palace, Kyaik Pun Paya, Maha Kalyani Sima, Mahazedi Paya, Myanmar, Naung Daw Gyi Mya Tha Lyaung, Paleik Snake Monastery, Pegu, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, rtw, Shwegugale Paya, Shwemawdaw Paya, Shwetaungyoe Paya, Shwethalyaung Buddha, Snake Monastery, travel, vacation, ပဲခူးမြို့, ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်

Video: Tara’s Top Five Soakings of Songkran, Thailand

April 14, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Tara's Top Five Soakings of Songkran, Thailand

The Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai is absolute madness. Here are some of the wettest exchanges Tara captured during our time there. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcqebqHSxQ]

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Video: Mike’s Top Five Soakings of Songkran, Thailand

April 14, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Mike's Top Five Soakings of Songkran, Thailand

The Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai is absolute madness. Here are some of the wettest exchanges Mike captured during our time there. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0dO7QcsKQ]

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