MYANMAR | Sunday, 16 Sep 2007 | Views [404]
Kalaw is an old British hill station nestled in the bowl formed by green slopes. It’s got a sky blue and white mosque, a terracotta church, a field of white stupas and a golden Buddhist temple. The market is at the heart centre of the town and serves ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
MYANMAR | Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 | Views [321]
We took the easy option and flew to Heho, the gateway to Inlay Lake. We still have not realised that the time here in Myanmar is half an hour backwards with respect to Thailand, so we turn up earlier to everything we plan. It will still take another day ... Read more >
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MYANMAR | Monday, 10 Sep 2007 | Views [254]
Yangon, Mandalay, the Ayeyarwady river, the Shan states, how much magic and dreaming is associated with those names. They conjure up exotic and mysterious images, strange and faraway lands at the crossroads of the gulf of Bengal, the start of the Himalayas, ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [122]
Our first contact with Burma/Myanmar is the Embassy in Bangkok. Burma/Myanmar, how confusing are these places that have more than one name. In fact, it seems that even though Myanmar is the current preferred appellation of the ruling dictatorship, they ... Read more >
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GREECE | Friday, 24 Aug 2007 | Views [132]
Back home for a Big Fat Greek Wedding. It feels good being here. It’s familiar, easy and very beautiful. Athens in August is ideal. Quieter, more relaxed, it has a real summer vibe. The pedestrian street around the Acropolis feels like being on the islands.... Read more >
Tags: Family
CHINA | Tuesday, 21 Aug 2007 | Views [186] | Comments [2]
No doubt about it, China is a big country with loads of people in it. What’s more, they all need jobs. And by Jove they get them!
The ministry of transportation seems to be very creative on that account. In Beijing, all buses are not only staffed with ... Read more >
Tags: Work
CHINA | Saturday, 18 Aug 2007 | Views [159]
The Great Wall, which the Chinese, with their tendency to call “a spade, a spade” actually call the “Long” wall, is not particularly ornate, nor particularly beautiful, but it takes your breath away. It’s the result of sheer effort, more than anything ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 12 Aug 2007 | Views [199]
Healthy living, daily exercise and sleep, I figured I could do that for two days over the weekend. So, off to the Fragrant Hills, just on the outskirts of Beijing where the Yoga/Taichi retreat is situated. The Fragrant Hills are surprisingly close to ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
CHINA | Thursday, 9 Aug 2007 | Views [143]
There was a bit of a buzz in the classroom on Wednesday. Everyone was talking about whether they would or would not go to Tian An Men square for the one year to the Olympics festival. Till then I had heard nothing about it. I had not even bothered to ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 5 Aug 2007 | Views [303] | Comments [1]
In the hutong alleys behind the Drum and Bell towers north of the Forbidden City, lives this tiny and bubbly Cantonese woman, a self styled “only woman chef” of Beijing. She has had the brilliant idea of giving Chinese cooking lessons literally from ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
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