by janet | Oct 8, 2016 | Burma, Myanmar
My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story. Johnny Depp The trip on the Lemro River was interesting but it did feel good to get out and stretch my legs. The path to the village where the ladies with the tattoos lived was flooded with bright mid-day light and...
by janet | Jul 31, 2016 | Burma, Myanmar
Rivers are roads that move and which carry us whither we wish to go. Blaise Pascal There is nothing quite like being on a boat especially a small boat chugging up some backwater in Asia. So off I went with three other adventurers (fellow travellers I met in Mrauk U)...
by janet | Jul 30, 2016 | Burma, Myanmar
The stones here speak to me and I know their mute language Heinrich Heine I’m on the dock in Sittwee with my two companions bright and early only to discover we have two hours to wait. The locals are also waiting – swaddled in winter coats and hats. Even though I was...
by janet | Jan 8, 2016 | Burma, Myanmar
Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered. Guy de Maupassant One of the delights of travel for me is to visit remote places. Sometimes getting to a place is as interesting as the destination itself. I knew...
by janet | Jan 1, 2016 | Burma, Myanmar
Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves. Julia Morgan Buddhists like to build their scared places at the top of a hill. I’m not sure why. Maybe, it is because each step upwards expiates our earthly sins and carries us closer to a purer...
by janet | Dec 26, 2015 | Burma, Myanmar
Let the site tell you its secret. Christopher Alexander In Myanmar, the sacred is intertwined with everyday life. Sacred buildings, gold and white, rise from the landscape, a testament to the Buddha’s teachings. And the people weave their spirituality into their...
