Myanmar – Mandalay and Farewell

Kipling’s poem – Mandalay – is one of the reasons I wanted to visit Myanmar in general and Mandalay in particular. “On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’-fishes play, Continue Reading →

Myanmar – Bagan – wondrous, ancient capital

Bagan is located on the banks of the mighty Ayeyarwady  (Irawaddy) river in central Myanmar.  It is one of the world’s finest sites archaeologically speaking. It is ranked with Angkor Continue Reading →

Volunteering at the ThaBarWa Meditation Centre – Thanlyn, Yangon

One of the joys of staying in hostels with other travelers, is that you meet truly amazing people and they have great stories to tell.  Several times I met folk Continue Reading →

Myanmar – Yangon, city of contrasts.

Yangon – a city of contrasts in a country of contrasts – all of it fascinating and quite delightful. Yangon was the country’s capital until 2006 when a wholly new Continue Reading →

Myanmar – fascinating, new, interesting. Lovely people.

The main reason why I wanted to visit Myanmar is because it has only been open to international tourism for a few years and it is unspoiled from that perspective.  Continue Reading →