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Gone in Bagan

MYANMAR | Thursday, 7 Nov 2013 | Views [560]

  Next to traveler's diarrhea and your  Hostel   fears coming true, what's one of a traveler's worst nightmares? Well, we had an experience of that on our way to Bagan.   Read more here .

Tags: ananda temple, bagan, mahabodhi temple, myanmar, southeast asia travel


Sleepless in Yangon

MYANMAR | Thursday, 7 Nov 2013 | Views [1481]

We arrived in Yangon at 8:20 in the morning, groggy from the quick nap we were able to take during the flight from Kuala Lumpur.  Aldrich, the guy who manages the homestay we're in now, picked us up from the airport and drove us to Lanmadaw ... Read more >

Tags: myanmar, shwedagon, southeast asia travel, yangon


Both The Thief and Giver of Happiness

MALAYSIA | Thursday, 7 Nov 2013 | Views [595]

  I caught myself staring outside the bus, at the tall buildings lining the highway from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, and I thought the idea of being in a strange country, or strange city or town or whatever territory that is not what you're ... Read more >

Tags: george town, malaysia, penang, southeast asia, southeast asia travel, travel to southeast asia


My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry: Weltanschauung

PHILIPPINES | Wednesday, 26 Jan 2011 | Views [783] | Scholarship Entry

A friend of mine recently got tagged in a picture at Facebook. On the image was a popular quote by Saint Augustine, which goes: “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Being an avid reader, the metaphor's ... Read more >

Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011


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