Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon.
The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening with gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul. Somerset Maugham
Jill's Scene
Here you'll find my thoughts about life, travel, books and, because I love a laugh, the occasional spoof. All this from the perspective of a small town, on an island, in a country that's too close to the Antarctic for comfort.
Nau Mai, Haere mai. Come on in!
Early Morning in Yangon
News on the street in Yangon.
Bangkok, City of Angels
Change, and street food; that’s Bangkok.
Ordinary, differently
A quiet that indicates calm but reflects change.
Myanmar (Burma): a Lonely Planet publication and my book of the month.
More on the trials of a timid traveller
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Freshly Seen at Jill’s Scene during September
Frehsly Seen this month features travel and photography blogs about my next destination: Myanmar.
Whistle Down the Wind: Opening Night.
“It’s the joy of the creation of the thing, that’s the reason why you do it.” Andrew Lloyd Webber
Circumnavigating Viti Levu, Fiji, by local bus.
I get brave and we get there, eventually.
A wander around Ahuriri Estuary.
Where ever you go, the grid goes with you.
On Obedience: “Experimenter—the Stanley Milgrim Story”.
What about you? Would you obey?
Jill's Scene 
The korero