Postcard Moment: Myanmar By Train
Note: This is a guest post by Debra Meryl Josephson Myanmar has over 3000 miles of 1m-gauge railway for tourism, yet most travelers avoid using this transport system and go by coach bus. Reasons for this include: the lack of shock absorbers having you bounce in your seat like popcorn, doors between carts clacking from...
Postcard Moment: Kandawgyi Lake, Myanmar
photo by Nina Sarmiento
Chillin’ in Bagan,Myanmar
No night bars, no cafes, no cable tv, no malls, no dating scene” how do you exactly ‘chill’ in Bagan, Myanmar? By simply taking the place for what it is, enjoying it for what it can offer, putting in your head that there’s more to traveling than looking for another sex-and-the-city adventure. But perhaps...
This is (NOT) really about Aung San Suu Kyi but….
April 30, 2008 Myanmar It’s difficult not to be political about Myanmar. Not when the whole time I was there, I can’t access the internet nor avail of international publications (except for the Singapore Straits Times. which I’m sorry to say isn’t really my idea of in-depth reportage) because the military junta isn’t exactly...