by janet | Dec 7, 2019 | Burma, Myanmar
A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu When I’m on my travels, and reach a destination, in this case Mandalay, I like to wander so I set out with no real itinerary. I usually have a street map (of sorts) and a hint of a...
by janet | Dec 3, 2019 | Burma, Myanmar
On the road to Mandalay, where the flyin’ fishes play. Rudyard Kipling , Mandalay is one of those exotic locations that inhabit the imagination. In my case, I might even claim that the word itself was enough to inspire vivid daydreams of the far-flung corners of...
by janet | Oct 4, 2019 | Burma, Myanmar
Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. Unknown The village of In Sein is at the head of a long canal and on either side you get your first close up view of the the floating gardens. The floating gardens on Inle Lake cover...
by janet | Oct 3, 2019 | Burma, Myanmar
Time spent wasted at the lake is time well spent. Unkown There are many boats that leave the jetty in Nyaungshwe early in the morning and phut phut down the long canal that leads to the lake. The morning mist envelopes each one and they are soon lost to sight. Tall...
by janet | Oct 9, 2016 | Burma, Myanmar
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. Thomas Paine I’ve visited quite a few schools in Asia and they consistently take my breath away. I am always astounded at conditions in rural Asia and that anyone learns to read and write at all. But they do....
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...
