Category: Myanmar
Updated on March 10, 2016
Finding Our Stride at Inle Lake
We arrived in the hilltown of Kalaw after a long drive — six hours on dusty, winding roads — from the plains of Bagan. The air was cooler, and the flat dusty landscape gave way to rolling hills …
Updated on March 6, 2016
Bumpy Train Rides–Bumpy Politics
Bang, crash, slam, ow. We had just set off on a seven-hour train ride which would take us from the small hill town of Pyin Oo Lwin to the even smaller town of Hsipaw, in the Shan province …
Posted on February 28, 2016
Thanaka: The Light of Myanmar
If you go to Myanmar, you will see people with a paste that looks like face paint on their faces. It is actually called “thanaka,” and it is much more than face paint. People have used thanaka in Myanmar for …
Updated on February 24, 2016
Golden Sunsets in Bagan
For years, I have dreamed of Burma. In my imaginings, it was a land outside of time: golden temples, untouched hillsides, mysterious histories, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner under house arrest. But there were always reasons not to …
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