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Category Archives: Burma

Great Ways to Get Around Burma

Featuredby Joanna James 6 Comments

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 […]

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Burma
Father and son

A day in Myeik

March 10, 2015by Joanna James Leave a comment

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 […]

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Burma, People

The Ferris Wheel of Fortune

February 10, 2015by Joanna James Leave a comment

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 – […]

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Burma

Otter on a motorbike + update

August 21, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

Early one morning in March, I was killing time in Myeik. As I walked aimlessly around the small town’s centre I happened upon a lily-choked lake. The champagne-coloured dawn air […]

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Burma
Rescue dog, Shwebo

Shwebo Dog Rescue

May 26, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

Burma has a dog problem – hundreds and thousands of strays. I’d read about ‘pariah dogs’ in colonial-era books on the country, but didn’t realise how ubiquitous they are until […]

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Burma
Fishing Village, Dawei

Looking back at Burma

April 27, 2014by Joanna James 3 Comments

Hello there! Remember me, the errant author of this blog? Lovely to see you again, after all this time… I returned to Hong Kong last week after 67 fascinating days […]

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Burma, People

The Ladykiller

March 23, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

When Wayne pulled up on his motorbike and asked me where I was going, I’m afraid I sighed inwardly, in anticipation of the conversation ahead. Like most independent travellers, I […]

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Burma, People

In Yangon

March 14, 2014by Joanna James 8 Comments

I’ve been in Thailand for a week now, and it took several stern conversations with myself before I resolved to start this post. My first four weeks travelling through Burma […]

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Burma

To Burma

February 10, 2014by Joanna James 1 Comment

In a few hours time I will be on a flight over the Andaman Sea from Singapore to Yangon. Doesn’t that sound romantic? If this were the 1930s —when Yangon […]

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Burma, Yakety Yak

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