Category ASIA

Myanmar, the introduction

Reflection is a great thing.  Writing up a trip after the return, rather than during, can possibly end up with the blog post and memories being more positive, romantic and invigorating after having that time of reflection.  I had planned for the first time to blog from the road.  From the moment I arrived in […]

5 weeks to go……

…… till Burma! Let me take you on a roller coaster of my mind…. First, book the flights months in advance.  Then buy at least ten publications – both fiction and non fiction on the country that I will be visiting. Enthusiastically start reading the first book.  Take six months to read it.  Then have only 5 […]

Singapore – More than a stop over destination

From my middle school years I had a pen pal in Singapore.  We exchanged letters and small gifts for years.  I had a mahoosive poster on my bedroom of Singapore, a land so so far away.  Unfortunatley we lost contact and even with the wonders of the internet a search for my long lost pen […]