Category: Myanmar

On my travels around Myanmar, I was struck by the fact that traditions are still woven into the fabric of everyday life and not just resurrected for the tourists every night at 8 pm, with a matinee on Saturdays. We were lucky enough to see a novitiation ceremony in a small town that we were… Continue reading Still doing their own thing in Myanmar

Myanmar is apparently the most devoutly Buddhist country in the world. There are temples everywhere and it’s a country where anyone who’s anyone builds their own stupa, so wherever you go there are gilded spires rising up into the sky Sometimes there’s a thousand of them all together Or just a few – When I… Continue reading In which I discover that I’m a guinea pig …