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...
by janet | Dec 15, 2015 | Burma, Myanmar
Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it. Paul Theroux I’ve always enjoyed travelling by train, probably because I equate it with independence. At the age of eleven, my...
by janet | Dec 13, 2015 | Burma, Myanmar
What strange phenomena we find in a great city. All we need to do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters. Charles Baudelaire What is it that lures us back to places we have been previously? One of my first walks in Yangon on this...
by janet | Dec 12, 2015 | Burma, Myanmar
This is Burma. And it is unlike any land you know. Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling, the bard of the British Empire, was right when he wrote: ‘This is Burma. And it is unlike any land you know about.’ He could equally have said, ‘And Yangon (Rangoon in his...
