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Becoming part of the family in Yangon
Something truly magical is happening. I started playing badminton with a boy in my neighborhood last weekend. Now nearly a dozen children have joined us, and I’ve met several of my neighbors as a...
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Free as a bird
Have you ever seen a caged bird set free? How about three caged birds set free by a child? It was one of the most powerful life moments I’ve experienced. Watching a little girl in my neighborhood set...
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Golden Rock under the rain
Golden Rock – Kyaikhteeyoe Last Sunday it took us 3 ½ hours by car to return from our two days’ excursion we organised with a friend to visit Golden Rock (or the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda) in Mon State. This...
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On the trail in Kalaw
A lone buffalo. Saturday, March 29, 2014 Week 3 of two months… Country one of four… In the scorched hills of Myanmar’s Shan State, I am in route from the small hill station of Kalaw to Inle Lake. I am...
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Ethnic minorities of Burma: The Akhu
A proposed visit to a village of the Akhu minority near Kengtung caused a bit of confusion to begin with. “Yes, we know the Akha, we’ve seen lots of their villages in Thailand and Laos. They’re famous...
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Ethnic minorities of Burma: The Pa-O
You won’t stay long in western Shan State without coming across the ubiquitous Pa-O people, who are the second largest ethnic group in Shan State, after of course the Shan themselves. Their homeland...
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Thousands Buddhas in Pindaya cave
Pindaya Cave My love and me just returned from travelling Myanmar. It is mystical, deeply Buddhist, and scattered with Buddha statues. So it comes as no surprise that one of the most astonishing...
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Short-term yogis
After 6 months of almost constant sightseeing and adventures we started thinking more intensively about settling down for at least a week or two and do something that will not only leave us with...
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Rocks and Buddhas
Coming to Mawlamyine was one of the best decisions we made on our trip. We arrived here on a bus from Bago and we walked into the Lonely Planet’s favoured Breeze guesthouse. We decided however we...
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Picturing Burma’s people
Dejan Petrovic visited Burma 6 months ago and captured his impressions on camera. His pictures give a great impression of some of Burma’s people, their work, their habits and daily life in general. He...
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