A Sea-Change
Is life better when you stick to the bare essentials? Well, let’s see…
Author Archives: Joanna James
An unexpected pleasure
I haven’t travelled much this year. While in Bhutan, I discovered that Mr Yak and I were going to have a baby – exciting news for us, but it did […]
Great Ways to Get Around Burma
Stick your head out the open windows of the world’s bounciest trains and perfect the art of riding motorcycles side-saddle. Rumble down quiet country roads on ancient bullock carts and […]
Introducing my new(ish) food blog
Some time last year, I decided that writing about travel and cooking on a single site – as I was doing here at Little Yak – was a bit of […]
Pema Dorji’s Positive Story
I was cycling up Gaden Lam, slow and red-faced, when I met Pema Dorji. He pulled up alongside me on his mountain bike, wearing a gho and bike helmet – […]
Homestays in Bhutan
I was daydreaming in the doorway of the milking shed when a brown cow nosed me out of the way and squeezed inside. As the cow searched for scraps of […]
Little Yak is 3 + Giveaway!
Today is a landmark for Little Yak – three years, 100 posts and the end of my longest blogging break to date – three things to celebrate! To mark the […]
In Bhutan
I’ve been in Bhutan’s capital, Thimphu, for a week now. It’s almost as I expected, with a couple of surprises. The town is diminuitive and hilly with one long main […]
South Island in Pictures
After ten weeks travelling around New Zealand’s wonderfully rain-soaked and wind-whipped South Island, I returned home with thousands of photos of trees and mountains and waterfalls. Editing them has proved […]
A day in Myeik
U Chit Ko Ko and I had had a busy morning. We had explored Myeik’s main market, U Chit Ko Ko walking ahead and pointing at things (“Burmese shampoo!”, “Big […]
Chong Heng Backpackers
“People used to come here and stay… We’d have so much fun – I’d take them out into the countryside, down to the kampungs and show them what life here […]
Gong xi baa cai!
In Chinese, the year that starts at midnight tonight the Year of the Yang (羊 yáng). Yang is an umbrella term that encompasses both goats and sheep – anything that […]
The Ferris Wheel of Fortune
Earlier today I rediscovered some video footage of a brilliant village funfair that I visited last year in Burma. After a spot of editing it’s ready for public consumption – […]
Hiking the Hump Ridge
I paused and squinted at the handwritten sign that pointed uphill. “The Grunt”, it read, somewhat ominously. I wiped my face on an already sodden cuff, wondered idly if the […]
Hello 2015
Happy New Year, dear readers! I trust that you made it from Christmas to New Year with as much style and grace as seasonal knitwear and close family members allow? […]
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