Category Archives: The Burma Diary

The top photo is of a complementary water bottle in my hotel room in Yangon; the picture under it is an image of the Life Be In It campaign launched in Australia in the mid 70s to try and get … Continue reading →

Nothing exists outside us except a state of mind, he thinks; a desire for solace, for relief, for something outside these miserable pygmies, these feeble, these ugly, these craven men and women. But if he can conceive of her, then … Continue reading →

Arriving at night, the first thing I noticed was the darkness; Yangon is a city of darkness. Though the main road did have street lights, it was frustrating that I could never really see anything to the left or right … Continue reading →

Mandalay I stayed four days in Yangon and flew to Mandalay. The departure gates in the domestic airport are two doors which are locked between flights by looping a heavy chain and padlock through the door handles. Just before my … Continue reading →