Burma
Burmese Days Pt 3
The third and final leg of our trip took us to the highlands of Shan State, which is not very far from China, Laos and Thailand. Again, we boarded a short morning flight – this time to Heho. By this time, the faces we saw inside the airport were beginning to look very familiar. Many [...]
Burmese Days Pt. 2 – We’ve Only Just Bagan!
We left Rangoon for an early morning flight to Nyaung-U, the gateway to the ancient city of Bagan. Having been to both Angkor in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia, I wanted to see with my own eyes how this much-raved about archeological zone compared with the other two. ladies catching up on the morning gossip [...]
Burmese Days Pt. 1
“This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about…” -Rudyard Kipling The second largest country in Southeast Asia, Burma (Myanmar) is not a place where people normally spend their Christmas and New Year holidays (that is, unless you’re Burmese). Many people have no idea about the majestic sights found in [...]
