Category Myanmar
cottage industry and party time on Bilu Kyun
I took an organized tour of Bilu Kyun (Ogre Island) while visiting Mawlamyine. The interesting thing about this island is that there’s all sorts of nifty cottage industries going on, but on such a discreet level that you could be standing outside a weaving workshop or hat maker, and not realize it, unless accompanied by […]
Burma plaid
If you had asked me five months ago to consider plaid, Scotland and the Pacific Northwest would have come to mind. Myanmar would not have. But there’s a lot of plaid fabrics here. In fact, plaid, checked, and gingham scarves, shirts, sarongs, napkins and more are all over Southeast Asia, in varieties that would enthrall […]
planning ahead to Myanmar
I applied for my Myanmar visa in Bangkok. This is a fairly straightforward procedure, and visa-seekers can pick up and fill in the requisite two-sided form while standing in line. Easy, right? Not when your pen runs out of ink less than halfway through the form. I’ve been carrying three ballpoint pens with me since […]
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