Last January, my birth month, I unexpectedly won in a raffle during Singapore Airlines' media event, which entailed one round-trip ticket to anywhere in Southeast Asia. I was bummed at first coz I just booked my Singapore airfare for the Coldplay concert, so I thought that maybe it is meant that I use this for another trip.
They gave away two passes during the event, and my co-winner is a fellow blogger and friend
Ruth--now that I think of it, we used to sit down with our coffee in
Figaro and talk about our different travel stories. We decided to avail our prizes together, pitching SE Asia countries we both haven't been to. We rocked back and forth in our Facebook messenger, deciding between Brunei and Myanmar.
I am game with any since both sounds so exotic and new, but we ended up with Myanmar. I Googled and realized it is the country formerly known as "Burma", and it is where you will witness the surreal view of hot air balloons flying over countless pagodas--much like Turkey's popular photogenic destination. I am hyped!
We were able to finalize our flight scheds with Singapore Air since last March, but only had the chance to plan for our the trip with just 2 to 3 weeks left. Time is tricky and just slipped by! It was all good for me since I had no expectations whatsoever about this trip. Before we knew it, we've booked our hotel rooms, listed "must-sees" in Yangon and Bagan thanks to Facebook friends and the few blog posts written about our destinations, and have packed our bags for departure.