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I
knew this trip was going to be special when a
44-page briefing document arrived via email.
I’ve always taken a perverse pride in planning
a holiday: the hours spent finding the best flight
connections, locating TripAdvisor-rated hotels closest
to the things we want to see, and hunting down the
best restaurants for local cuisine and even the must-try
items on the menu.
But with a recently arrived baby, I had tried to book
a Myanmar trip a couple of times and it had defeated
me. The size of the country – not to mention our
always-limited travel window –meant we would need to
take internal flights, and the connections and transfers
never seemed to match up.
When baby Edwin reached 18 months of age, and
our two older boys 8 and 10, we thought it was time
to try again.
Travel specialists
Country Holidays
came highly
recommended by a colleague and I can certainly see
why after using them for our Myanmar adventure. The
aforementioned document that they emailed through
was more like a mini travel guide, with all relevant
background information included, along with details
of eight full days of activities tailored to the ages of
our children – even taking into account breaks around
lunchtime for our baby to nap.
Here are just some of the things we covered.
DANIELLE ROSSETTI
fights the urge to do all
the travel planning herself,
and the result is an action-
packed trip for a family of
five to one of Southeast
Asia’s great destinations.
Family Adventure
in Mya mar