Luang Prabang, Laos
Out of the ghastly big city of Bangkok to the sweet, old river-town of Louang Phrabang where the ‘low’ Lao …
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Myanmar — Working Its Way from the Darkness
Burma, possibly becoming Myanmar. Rangoon, returned to being Yangon. Bagan, a countryside of ten thousand temples trying to imagine and …
Finding George Orwell in Burma, Emma Larkin — A Literary Traveler
When I first came across Emma Larkin’s title, Finding George Orwell in Burma I didn’t know what to make of …
Turkey: The Islands
It’s raining on the Sea of Marmara. It’s raining and cold. The warm cocoon of the ferry boat, on …