Locals Archive

…there is an emerging ‘hipster’ scene Myanmar/Burma is more than just Fishermen on Inle Lake and Pagodas. In fact these are now for the most part just a

Go before they start automating their ferris wheels! The country has not been open for standard tourism for very long and is still naively unspoilt (to an extent)

A trip up the Lemro river to the Chin villages to see the old women with tattooed faces was a special day. We found a guide mostly by

You end up frustrated with the people, the hoteliers, the expensive bus ticket sellers that you just know are ripping you off, this annoying bloody foreigner fee that

I only spent a couple of days in Yangon, I liked it, its a pretty city, with a nice amount of busy-ness and interesting normality happening around you.

After an uncomfortable (to say the least), 19 hour, hot, sweaty bumpy and noisy bus ride, a smile can be nice. Don’t expect that when you arrive in