Bagan: panoramas and temples
Marco Polo was impressed and eight hundred years later I can see why.
The largest book in the world.
Come with me to Mandalay to check out a book with pages of marble.
On the Road to Mandalay
I receive an email and we arrive in Mandalay.
To Kalaw! By train.
The Burmese bounce, a bathroom that can only be described as less than salubrious, a viaduct, and a rain storm! In other words: a perfectly memorable train journey!
On Inle, part two
A photo essay
Three golden rules of travel
In which all three are tested, and then broken.
Me and the motorbike taxi
In which one square centimetre of cotton helps me cross the language barrier, or does it?
My book of the month: Under The Dragon — A Journey Through Burma
A search for a basket becomes a quest for hope.
Joy to the World
Where-ever you are in the world today, a joyous Christmas to you and those you love.
How to leave Yangon by local bus.
What can be difficult about catching a bus? Getting to the bus station for a start.
The korero