YANGON
The name Yangon meant nothing to me at first; only its English variant, Rangoon, was more familiar. This city, like much of Burma, was occupied for a long time…
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The name Yangon meant nothing to me at first; only its English variant, Rangoon, was more familiar. This city, like much of Burma, was occupied for a long time…
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On my second day at Inle Lake I again arranged a boat, because I wanted to travel all the way to the village of Inthein. It doesn't lie directly on the lake, b…
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The trek from the town of Kalaw to Inle Lake took three days. I've written about this trek before, and you can read the article "here." At the lake I immediate…
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After eight hours on a bus along Myanmar's poorly maintained roads, I arrived in the town of Bagan at around three in the morning. I took a taxi and we drove a…
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I walked through a poor village that consisted of nothing but small bamboo houses and shelters for livestock. At an altitude of around 1,400 metres above sea l…
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To give you a little taste of the series of articles coming soon, I've put together a short "trailer" for you. The video hopefully captures at least a fraction…
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