In Myanmar astrology, Friday is the day of the guinea pig. If you are born on a Friday, north is your lucky direction and Venus is your ruling planet. Read More
Archives for January 2014
the thazin garden hotel
Drive down a dusty dirt road...over a dry creek bed filled with garbage...a few pigs wandering through in hopes of finding a morsel or two...and Read More
an intro to bagan, myanmar
A quick flight from Mandalay will land you in Bagan and right in the middle of 2,000 plus temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins dating from the 11th and Read More
the final episode…mandalay
Ok...there's just a couple more parts of the Mandalay visit that I must tell you about...then we'll head to Bagan. Promise. We embarked on a Read More
more snippets of mandalay…
Well...there are a few more snippets of Mandalay that I must share with you before we move on to Bagan, Myanmar. Picture chuckling involved...as Read More
on the road to mandalay
On the road to Mandalay....if those words sound familiar well it was Rudyard Kipling's famous poem written in 1892 and later made even more Read More
myanmar…let the journey begin
This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about. Rudyard Kipling, Letters from the East (1898) Whether you travel Myanmar Read More
a foggy morning
~~~ Waking up on the farm here in Virginia this morning... with the fog rolling in it reminded me of an early morning at Inle Lake, Myanmar. The Read More
children of southeast asia
Being back in NYC for a few days provided an opportunity to take in the opening night of The Rocket at the Lincoln Center's Film Center. The visually Read More
leaving bangkok
Well... there were lots of stunning buddhas... some amazing temples... but nothing could compare to the Bangkok airport architecture. Simply Read More
a neighborhood of extremes in bangkok
The private long-tailed boat bounced along the extremely wide and choppy Chao Phraya River heading towards a network of winding klongs (canals) of Read More
a back alley in bangkok, thailand
Made by hand. When those words are spoken, I'm putty in your hands. Deep into the bowels of Bangkok, Ban Baht to be exact, one will find a small Read More
