#trip-planning

Myanmar

Real 2026 numbers for backpacking Burma — daily budgets, the crisp-USD cash trap, the $50 eVisa, flights, and the safety caveat that decides where your money even goes.

A practical, experience-based framework for building your own Southeast Asia itinerary from scratch — trip length, pace, season, booking order, buffer days, and the with-kids version.

The dozen apps I actually keep installed for family trips across Bali, Vietnam, and Thailand — what each one is for, and which country it stops working in.

Indonesia

A practical guide to how long to spend in Bali — realistic 5, 7 and 10-day plans, including a with-kids version, and when a week is plenty versus when ten days earns its keep.

Myanmar

Ten days gets you the whole accessible core of Myanmar without rushing. Here are realistic 5, 7, 10 and 14-day shapes, plus the security caveat you actually need.