Memories of Myanmar Part 4
February 2018 Floating in the middle of Inle Lake on a long and narrow teak wooden boat, two Burmese locals and myself wait for the sun to rise over the…
Meanwhile in South China…
Two people shouted at me this morning…in Chinese. I didn’t recognize the new set of words the security guard was shouting…could have been curse words for all I know. He…
Memories of Myanmar Part 3
February 2018 It took me a solid 8-10 minutes of focus to maneuver the rented electric bike out of tan colored silt-like sand. The sand covered my shoes and ankles,…
Memories of Myanmar Part 2
February 2018 I paused to gaze into the window of a 5 star restaurant in the downtown district of Yangon. I studied the inside environment through the gaps of the…
Memories of Myanmar Part 1
February 2018 Once upon a time I boarded a cold and dark bus in the border town of Myawaddy on an early February morning. This bus would take me further…
Back in Chiang Mai
December 2017 – February 2018 After doing my time as a teacher in the People’s Republic, I found myself in my old stomping grounds of Chiang Mai, Thailand. But why…
Visa run to North Vietnam
October 2017 Amidst the smell of exhaust, noise of motorbikes and honking; customers slurped the morning special – every mornings special – vietnamese beef pho with a hint of tomato…
Pingnan, Guangxi Memories
Early October 2017 One Chinese man may have said to the other: “If you break the seal, I’ll open the box and we will share ONLY one mooncake. You get…
