My thanks to each and every one of you.
2015—“The open road speaks for a perpetual becoming.” Pico Iyer
How to leave Yangon by local bus.
What can be difficult about catching a bus? Getting to the bus station for a start.
The trials of a travelling tea lover.
Raised hopes that get dashed, they’re the worst.
Where in the world is Myanmar (Burma)?
It’s nearly time to leave Yangon behind, temporarily, but before we do lets get oriented.
Yangon: The Circle Line Train
Hot, sticky, bumpy, and worth it!
Yangon: On first impressions, stereotypes, and preoccupations.
First day challenges which may, or may not, have got me longing for home.
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon.
The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening with gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul. Somerset Maugham
Early Morning in Yangon
News on the street in Yangon.
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.
Jill's Scene 
The korero