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Chiang Mai – feet on the ground
Much like google crawls the web – that is how I explore a new location. With some initial destination in mind, and vaguely mindful of how to find my way back to where I began, I head out. On foot, … Continue reading
Yangon – Downtown Streets
In Yangon, near the downtown, the side streets are lined with apartments stacked almost always exactly seven floors above the ground level. At the front is a porch area, usually hanging with drying laundry, mostly barred, and also with barred windows. … Continue reading
Yangon
The rooms are not fancy but the floors and walls are wood, perfectly varnished, furnished with everything one needs, and clean. The hot water works, the aircon works, the breakfast is ample and excellent, the staff is quiet and lovely, and there is a small garden area if you would rather be outside than in your room hiding from the afternoon Yangon heat. Continue reading
Mandalay – Streets
Middle of the night, all is mostly quiet. A few nights ago I was awakened around 1 am by the distant, persistent sounds of festival music. Last night it was dogs barking, street dogs for there is virtually no other … Continue reading
dead dog lying by the side of the road
From Mandalay, Myanmar Jan 27, 2011 A few times here I have seen a dog lying dead by the side of the street. Tonight it was a man.
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Farewell Bangkok
A few more images from Thailand, as I ready myself to fly on to Burma. Thewet Market (primarily vegetables, meat and fish) is on the right of the canal (khlong). The Thewet Flower Market is on the left. Thewet Market … Continue reading
Neighborhoods
My guesthouse is in such an interesting neighborhood.The busy main street, runs north-south, and is a half block away. It teems with all manner of traffic, dominated by the madcap buses of Bangkok.
Bangkok – old and new
To get my Myanmar visa I’d had to go to a part of Bangkok which was new to me. Since we would need to return to the embassy later that afternoon to pick our passports, Justin and I jumped back … Continue reading
Evolution of the Plan – Myanmar
I’d headed for Southeast Asia with a vague sort of a plan in mind. I have been fascinated with the idea of seeing Burma. Because it has been an impossible destination, because friends who have gone before have been so … Continue reading
24 hours
I had thought that these initial few days in Bangkok would be a wasted down-time, but it is quickly taking on another form entirely. It is different if you are traveling for just a few weeks with a frenetic schedule … Continue reading
Gently Touching Thailand
late January 2010 After a week of first baby steps on my first ever international solo trip, then increasingly adventurous forays around Bangkok, and a one day excursion to the old capital city of Ayutthaya, I am very suddenly ready … Continue reading