Its hard to believe but Burma’s fleet of vehicles appear to hail from WWII. Its like travelling in a time machine!
I snapped this photo in Mandalay.
Posts Tagged ‘mandalay’
Burmese Buses
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged burma, mandalay on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thai Ladyboy Phenomenon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged burma, culture, ladyboys, mandalay, thailand on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting article I read in TIME about the Thai ladyboy phenomenon. If you haven’t been to Thailand, let me tell you that it needs to be seen to be believed. The article might be right that the acceptance of transgender stems from their earliest mythology. Even when I was in the backblocks of Burma [...]
Preaching Human Rights Inside Burma
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged burma, english, human rights, mandalay on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Travelling throughout the night across the dark pancake-flat plain from Rangoon to Mandalay I started talking to the girl who sat behind me called Mie Mie*. She had been to Rangoon to try to compete for one of the few scholarships the Burmese Government give to study in Singapore.
Around 2am she offered me her MP3 [...]
The Road to Mandalay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged burma, mandalay, rangoon on August 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Seeing as the Government stooges here had banned my blog it been a little while since I posted my last update. I’m currently reporting from Mandalay of Kipling and Orwell fame, and with the help of some friendly tech-heads have got easily around the Government filters.
I have got so so much to tell you all [...]
