Inspiring Reads: My Month in Myanmar

Ever heard of Myanmar? Yah, me neither.
While in Bali, I had the pleasure of training alongside another fellow travel blogger, Amber from Husband in Tow. We quickly realized we had a lot in common, from our pet peeve of late people, to our love of travel, yoga, and sarcasm. Amber became a wonderful friend of mine and surprises me with new talents almost daily. One of which is her new ebook, "My Month in Myanmar: An Unconventional Guide to Traveling in Myanmar." Just as the title suggests, this is a memoir meets rough travel guide documenting the ups and downs of her and her husband's 28 day trip through Myanmar. Both seasoned travelers, with an RTW and a half under their belts, the two of them set off on a rather ridiculous adventure through a country just newly adapting to tourism. Amber's writing is charming, straight-forward, and witty, with a bit of sass thrown in for good measure.
I'm lucky enough to have Amber herself here today to tell us personally about both her blog and her new ebook.

After 10 years as an attorney, I left my job at the largest law firm in the world and decided to start living my life. I am now a recovering tax lawyer, intrepid foodie, perpetual nomad, and yoga teacher, traveling the world With Husband In Tow. I plan, and my husband Eric follows, and after 60 countries and almost 12 years of marriage, my blog is loaded with travel tips, fun stories, and fabulous photos. A way different life than my former career, stuck in an office in Washington, DC.
We celebrated our one-year anniversary of travel recently in Ubud, Bali, our current home. In that one year, we traveled to 82 places, in 32 countries. We traveled 44,435 miles, or 71,511 kilometers, on 12 different airlines, plus trains, buses, boats, taxis, pick up tricks, and horse carts.
It’s been quite the adventure, so far. We have a long way to go still. In that time, we have met tons of new people, seen old friends, spent time with family, visited new countries, and returned to some of our favorites countries from past trips. People say that a round the world trip will change you, or that it is a once in a lifetime experience. Well, for us, we have proved the latter to be false. As for the former, I don’t feel that I am a different person now than I was before. That said, I have learned a lot about myself and my place in the world.
In 2009, we took 14 months off to travel the world, in what we refer to as our first round the world trip. We spent about 7 months traveling in Asia, and falling in love with Southeast Asia, in particular. One country, though, remained elusive for travelers back then. In early 2013, we finally made it to Myanmar, and ticked another country off the list.

My Month in Myanmar
My ebook, My Month in Myanmar: An Unconventional Guide to Traveling in Myanmar, is a personal story of my 28 days spent in Myanmar in 2013. It is a story of troubled bus rides, dusty journeys, long boat tours, preschools on stilts, ancient pagodas, tea houses, fresh noodles, and the people I met along the way. It is a story of my travels with my husband of 11 years. It is my personal experience and my impression of what it means to travel through Myanmar.
The book is not a guidebook or a traditional travel guide. Although I hope it provides some practical advice, it is not a replacement for Lonely Planet. It will not give you a list of airlines, bus companies, guesthouses, or restaurants. There are no maps. It also will not provide the complicated history of Myanmar, formally Burma, as volumes have been written much better than I ever could.

Myanmar is a unique country - the last frontier of Southeast Asia travel. Information is spotty, and constantly changing. Although the guidebooks and websites can provide practical information, they cannot come close to describing how it feels to travel through Myanmar at such an exciting time.

Head on over to Amazon.com, like now, and pick up a copy of this entertaining read. For a quick peak at life in Myanmar, check out Amber video on YouTube at

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