My thanks to each and every one of you.
2015—“The open road speaks for a perpetual becoming.” Pico Iyer
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Freshly Seen at Jill’s Scene is back
My favourite reads in the blogosphere for December: two travel blogs and a book blog.
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 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.
Jill's Scene 
The korero