5th OFW vacation; Winter Birthday Get-away from Georgia to Myanmar

life anniversary celebration amidst of the stressful work in the Middle East

January 27 to February 08, 2014
12-days shortest set of vacation as an OFW 

1st OFW vacation; Come back to my homeland

2nd OFW vacation; Pinoy backpacker China invasion
3rd OFW vacation; Summer solo tour from Malaysia to Japan
4th OFW vacation; Ultimate Solo Trip from Central Europe to Promised Land 

“Every person needs to take one day away.  A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.  Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence.  Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.  Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” ― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

One reason vacations don’t boost happiness after the trip may have to do with the stress of returning to work. And for some travelers, the holiday itself was stressful.

5th vacation as an Overseas Filipino worker for more than 2 years of stay in State of Kuwait. The image below shows the converted jpeg from pdf of calendar of events on my entire 12-days vacation journey. Most of this days were in Georgia and Myanmar without Philippines, my hometown.

OFW 5th vacation; Winter Birthday Get-away from Georgia to Myanmar

12 days Winter Birthday Get-away from Georgia to Myanmar

4-days in Georgia travel map (UTC +0400H)

4-days in Myanmar travel map (UTC +0630H)

My 1st time to spend Vacation Leave as on OFW without visiting my homeland. I used my country of work as airport of origin due to proximity, in fulfilling my dream beyond to travel the world. From Kuwait to Georgia during its Winter Season for 4 days. Afterwards, 6 days to Myanmar (Burma). Last year (2013) I spent my birthday to the snowy top of Mt. Huangshan of Mainland China. In this year, I spent the day exactly arriving Tbilisi Airport of Georgia then going immediately to the nearby town of Gori.

12 DAYS VACATION ITINERARY

January 27 - February 01; Georgia (Tbilisi, Gori, Kutaisi, Gudauri)
February 02-08; Myanmar (Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay)

4-days in Georgia (UTC +0400H); Gori

4-days in Georgia (UTC +0400H); Gudauri

4-days in Georgia (UTC +0400H); Kutaisi

4-days in Georgia (UTC +0400H); Tbilisi

4-days in Myanmar (UTC +0630H);Bagan Archeological Zone

4-days in Myanmar (UTC +0630H);Bagan Archeological Zone

4-days in Myanmar (UTC +0630H);Bagan Archeological Zone

4-days in Myanmar (UTC +0630H);Bagan Archeological Zone

Anyways, I divided this wonderful journey into different set of posts to be more specific on its content;

4-days Solo Trip in Winter Georgia
4-days Self-guided Solo Tour in Myanmar (Burma)