Why I am Voting for Barrack Obama

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We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important update: Your favorite Travel Genius has decided to vote...

Deadly Scorpions, and Why Burmese People Are So Sweet

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Night falls. I walk back towards my room, an outline on the barely illuminated pathway triggers an ancient neurological association, instan...
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Ancient Bagan Temples- Welcome Indiana Jones

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I walk from my hotel gates. Not more than 50 yards later, I arrive at the edge of town. I plunge ahead, down a road rarely travelled. The pa...
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Rough Riding- Burmese Bus Travel

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The rain abates. Heavy tires leave grooves in the muddy road, making our walk to the bus perilous. One of us slips and falls, her clothes s...

Mingun, SE Asian Capitalism, and the Wedding Crashers

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Forty-five minutes by boat across and up the river from Mandalay, lies the area/town of Mingun, consisting mainly, once again, of monuments ...
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The Moustache Brothers and Freedom of Speech in Burma

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video : the coup in Myanmar of 2021 I'm told of the Mustache Brothers, two Burmese political dissidents of Myanmar who have been arreste...
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The 'Grand' Palace and Up Mandalay Hill (Myanmar)

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I rent a bicycle from Mr. Jerry. Like most businesses here, his is home based, the downstairs a sort of garage for his bikes with many oily...

Mandalay Traffic, Heat, and Mosquitoes

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I arrive at the HeHo airport and pay to call, from a local land line, the travel agent who arranged my Myanmar tour. Cell phone SIM cards co...
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