A Sea-Change
Is life better when you stick to the bare essentials? Well, let’s see…
Is life better when you stick to the bare essentials? Well, let’s see…
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
Mr Book suddenly let out a hoot and, leaning closer, pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his forefinger. Glancing around to see what had caused the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]