A GOLDEN JOURNEY THROUGH BAGAN
On my birthday last year, we were far from the hustle and bustle of city life and in one of my favorite tropical hideaways in the Philippines when my boyfriend presented me with a small unwrapped box—it was light enough for me to know it was not a gadget, and yet it was too big for it to be a ring inside. With a matching DIY pop-up card of hot air balloons and a cutout photo of us, I read the bold words in his handwriting, "Will you go to Myanmar with me?" And that is where it all began.
Coming from Maldives, New Zealand, and Europe that year, I'd like to think we are both travel enthusiasts who share the same passion for traveling to different sides of the world, exploring as many cities as we can, experiencing local life and culture, and of course, creating and capturing lasting memories. This ancient temple town in Myanmar had been on our wish list of places to go as it is one of the world's
