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 […]
Category Archives: Burma
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 […]
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 – […]
Otter on a motorbike + update
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 […]
Shwebo Dog Rescue
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 […]
Looking back at Burma
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 […]
The Ladykiller
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 […]
In Yangon
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 […]
To Burma
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 […]
Little Yak 