Burmese Performance Art
On my last day in Myanmar, I decided to look up an art gallery I had read about in Smithsonian. The article outlined a series of artists who made art that skirted government censorship; artists who made paintings of women trapped in spiderwebs and lied about...
Observing Big Brother: Had to get out of Myanmar Before I Could Post This.
I had to wait until I got out of Myanmar to post this without getting prematurely deported or thrown in jail. I got a small rush writing this while still in the country, but I didn't want to take my chances before leaving Myanmar for good (as if posting this in...
A Final Look At Myanmar
Traveling to Myanmar is like being in a time warp. Imagine a place untouched by McDonalds and Starbucks, where images of 1960s Southeast Asia become real life here. Cone-hat wearing villagers bike along a dirt road lined with endless rice paddies. This is a...
A Place Of Miracles: Kyaiktiyo & The Golden Rock
If it's not already playing, press play. And then start reading. Pretty much any M83 song will do here. The Kyaiktiyo (pronounced: "Chachiyo") Golden Rock has been a pilgrimage site for thousands of Burmese Buddhists, but for the determined traveler,...
Phenom-enal
defenses up again. haggling again. sleeping in a building that's about to be torn down. there's a rave going on outside. got a massage by a blind person... It may just be the place where I'm staying (by the lake, near a cluster of cheap cheap hostels), but...
Bangkok (Briefly)
21 hour layover in Bangkok was, as predicted, overwhelming. THE DENSITY. e.g. 1. Khao San rd. This is where apparently all of the backpackers congregate at night. What you will find on this road: street food every 10 feet, local musicians covering american classics,...
Into The Wild
Not quite the wild, actually. More like into the unknown. Calvin and I parted ways this morning. It was a little sad. He wrote his address in my notebook next to all the other addresses of people, we've traveled with. Of course, he pointed out the sentimentality in...
Enlightened Cats, Giraffe Women, And Life On Inle Lake
I present to you, the famous jumping cats of Nga Phe Kyuang! Inle Lake is like the big brother of Srinagar's Dal Lake. It's simply gorgeous. Except for the jumping cats of Nga Phe Kyuang, it's not really a place to see anything but rather to explore how life...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
