Redeeming Yangon: the Shwedagon Pagoda
November 21, 2016
I mentioned yesterday that Yangon has one redeeming site: the Shwedogon Pagoda. It is both audacious and intimate. We saw tourists, but also devout b...
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Depressed by the Yangon Zoo
November 19, 2016
We are told to never judge a book by its cover. Personally, I have always liked the onion analogy better. The outer skin might be a little rotten...
The Drive that Should have Never Happened
November 19, 2016
Some experiences are, shall we say, trying ones. Many of them are travel related. Yesterday was one of those. One of the true measures of a co...
Bonus Blog - Lobby Art and Restaurant Roulette
November 18, 2016
This is a bonus blog that includes two short stories I hope you will enjoy, one culinary and one decorative. By the way, the picture above has ...
Karma, Myint Style
November 18, 2016
Pindaya is famous for their caves. OK, perhaps “famous” is too strong a word. Even by Myanmar standards, it is not quite an “A” list destination. Thi...
John Denver (?!) and a Long Hike
November 17, 2016
Our third phase of Myanmar was meant to be a trek and a homestay in a mountain village. On the tail-end of our food poisoning, this sounded like...