Myanmar
The country of Myanmar. Have you ever heard of it? If not, that's completely fine because I hadn't heard of it before coming on this voyage either. But dang I'm glad I know of it now because it's an amazing country. To be honest, this is the main country where I was worried about my safety. Even though Amanda and I were constantly on edge about the poisonous snakes we were told about, I felt just as safe as any other country I've been to. A little background info: for about 50 years, Myanmar was under strict military rule and was in complete isolation with no tourism allowed. In about 2010, the country started to change, opened its borders, and in 2015 had elections to elect a president. It is a developing country but is extremely welcoming and has friendly people. For the first day, we docked in Yangon at about noon and I joined a SAS program to explore the city for the evening. Our ship was actually about an hour and a half drive from the city so we had to take bu...