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The Sundarbans National Park is home to the largest mangrove forest in the world and is located in the South West of Bangladesh and a smaller part in the West Bengalen region of India.

From Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, you can reach Sundarbans by boat and it will take you about half a day to get there.

The nearest city to the park would be Khulna and from...

The Paro Valley in West Bhutan is located in one of the most amazing landscapes in the world and home to some amazing villages.

The Rinpung Dzong Monastery is also located in the Paro Region and overlooks the entire valley. To get to courtyard of the monastery you have to walk accross a wooden bridge which is constructed in between the stone white walls.

From the Dzong monastery you can see the building of Ta Dzong, the National Museum of Bhutan and a former watchtower up the hill.

Paro itself is a beautiful place to visit with its characteristic houses and...

The Swayambhunath Stupa and its surrounding monastery is an important sacred site in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

The Swayambhunath Stupa is also referred to as the Monkey Temple named after all the playful creatures running around the steps leading to the top of the monastery.

The steps of this sacred hill will lead you all the way up to the golden stupa of the the temple but will offer great panorama's on the way as well.

Several Buddist altars and statues make for a perfect picture break and a way to meet some locals as this is not just a popular touristic...

Bagan is known for its gorgeous pagoda's which are located in this beautiful green landscape.

The best way to see the pagoda's and temples of Bagan is by hot air balloon and the balloon flight in Bagan are very popular with tourists visiting this part of Myanmar.

We decide to book a balloon flight which turned out to be an amazing experience!

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Yangon is the capital of Myanmar and as soon as we arrived at the airport we were welcomed by our travel guide.

We stayed at the Summit Park View Hotel which is beautiful and we can even see the Shwedagon Pagode from here!

The weather is great and we decided to spend our first day by exploring a bit of the city centre. It was about 30 degrees, perfect! The next...