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* A UNICEF Advisor
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August 31, 2002A UNICEF AdvisorIn Kalaw, at an outdoor tea house, I called out to a Western looking couple walking by...look...somebody from the West! The couple, from Israel, laughed and joined us at...Read this update August 29, 2002Kalaw...British Hill StationIn a monsoon rainstorm we climbed off the train in this cool wooded hill station built during the British occupation. The locals laughed (with me) at my little paper...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 29, 2002 12:41 AM
TrackBack | Category: Hostels & Guesthouses, Myanmar (Burma), Trains August 28, 2002SchwenguanWe took a taxi back over the mountain from Tounggye to Schwenguan where we were to catch a train for the three hour ride through beautiful terraced rice fields...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 28, 2002 12:36 PM
TrackBack | Category: Myanmar (Burma), Taxis, Trains Repression & The PeopleNext door to the restaurant in Taunggyi I struck up a conversation with a young university student who was tending a a small bookstore. “Can everyone speak (out) in...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 28, 2002 12:33 AM
TrackBack | Category: Conversations, Culture, Funniest Experiences, Language, Myanmar (Burma), Politics Taunggyi...Last FrontierAt dinner one night in Inle, Bob was considering taking the offer of the waiter to lead him on a trek into the mountains until he told us that...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 28, 2002 12:12 AM
TrackBack | Category: Climbs & Walks, Hostels & Guesthouses, Language, Markets, Myanmar (Burma), Names For Foreigners, Taxis August 26, 2002He Ho & Inle LakeAugust 26 2002 It is possible to take a ferry up the Irrawady to Mandalay but we chose not to do this because we heard the ferry was government-run...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 26, 2002 12:22 AM
TrackBack | Category: Boats, Excursions, Flights, Markets, Myanmar (Burma), Taxis August 23, 2002Nyaung UThe largest village in the area is Nyaung U about 5 km up the Irriwaddy River from the Pagan Archeological Site and you can visit the market and food...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 23, 2002 01:13 PM
Category: Alternative Transportation, Markets, Myanmar (Burma) August 22, 2002Pagan's 2000 StupasAugust 22 2002 (Pagan was previously called Bagan) I really would have preferred the rickety and slow train north so we could see the countryside but to reserve the...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 22, 2002 12:05 AM
TrackBack | Category: Best Places, Eight Must See, Myanmar (Burma), Reading August 18, 2002Poverty, Government Greed and Human SweetnessAugust 18, 2002 Rangoon (renamed Yangon) We took Thai Air to Rangoon. Bob left his Lonely Planet Guidebook Burma (renamed Myanmar by the military junta) on the plane and...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 18, 2002 11:59 PM
TrackBack | Category: Flights, Hostels & Guesthouses, Myanmar (Burma), Politics, Taxis August 06, 2002Talad Nam Lam-Paya Floating MarketOur friend, Jiraporn, who lived in the U.S. ten years and has a doctorate from Oregon State University in Fisheries and is now a lecurer in the Department of Fishery...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 6, 2002 11:50 PM
TrackBack | Category: Best Places, Boats, Excursions, Markets, Massage, Thailand ExpatriatesThere are many expats in Bangkok who love this city and it’s people for many reasons. One day I struck up a conversation with a Brit woman sitting next to...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 6, 2002 11:43 PM
TrackBack | Category: Bangkok, Conversations, Expats, Music, Thai Culture, Thailand A Bit Of Thai CultureThai people are usually friendly, warm, charming and hospitable. Sanuk, the Thai word for fun or enjoyment is paramount to the Thai’s way oflife. For something to be worthwhile it...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 6, 2002 11:40 PM
TrackBack | Category: Bangkok, Language, Thai Culture Thai Food!Our favorite in all the world! In Thailand a fork in the left hand is held upside down and used to push food onto a large spoon that is held...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 6, 2002 11:32 PM
TrackBack | Category: Bangkok, Thai Culture, Thailand Skytrain Tuk Tuks Cycles & BoatsThe SkyTrain is an air conditioned jam-packed elevated transportation system financed by the World Bank that can scoot you quickly from one part of the city to another but for...Read this update August 05, 2002Krazy Khao San RoadThere is no limit to the colorful variety of activities that draw your eyes in all directions. Almost everything happens on the sidewalks or the canals and rivers...floating markets with...Read this update August 04, 2002Sex In The City of AngelsAugust 6 2002 Bangkok Thailand The Indian pilot lovingly set the Air India wheels down on the Bangkok tarmac... Being in Thailand feels good even when you know Thais will...Read this update Extremes In IndiaBack in Delhi the next day Bob and I are walking in the middle of the street as usual to a shopping area from the hotel when I noticed that...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on August 4, 2002 11:00 PM
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