Arrived safely back in Bangkok after two and half weeks in Myanmar…still alive and with all limbs!
It was a really cool trip and a big eye-opener. Before i delve into the details further, i’ll give a quick background of the country and the situation.
Myanmar is the country formally known as Burma. The name change which [...]
Annoyingly, three days into our trip to Myanmar, my lens decided to stop working!!! Aahhh…photographic heaven and a broken camera!
Luckily, it didn’t stop working completely, so i was still able to take some pics…however, there are lots which didn’t quite come out - and not sure if that’s worse than not having taken the pictures [...]
After seeking cover from the rain this afternoon…i got enough time to upload a few pics from our trip so far. Not too many…and not much about them…but feel free to check them out here….
A sneak preview…
On fear of not getting internet access here again…i thought i’d write a quick reminisce of the year gone by!
I left for Singapore one year ago tomorrow!! How crazy is that! It’s gone so quickly for me that i’m already thinking about going home!! I can hardly believe it’s nearly over.
However, though this trip is [...]
Wow…been in Myanmar for over a week and it is absolutely awesome! We’ve met so many cool people and seen so many amazing things. Unfortunately one of the nicest things about it is that it is much more untouched from western influences than it’s neighbours…one of the aspects of the goverment here.
After 3 days we’d [...]
Last night was another ‘last night in Bangkok’ and therefore called for some partying! One thing led to another…and Callum ate the biggest damn cockroach i’ve ever seen…then didn’t even take the money offered to him for doing it!! Manly or what!! It was seriously like 3″ long (7cm!!). Kudos where they’re due!!
Anyways…we’re in the [...]
In a few minutes, Roland and I are going to book flights to Yangon in Myanmar (Burma) and are hopefully off for a couple of weeks (i say hopefully because the plane may be full!!).
I will probably be out of touch for most of my time there as the military government has strict sanctions imposed [...]
Well…the fantasy that is the World Cup has finished for another 4 years.
The talented Scottish side unfortunately failed to make the cut this year due to a nasty case of the runs that meant all the top players couldn’t play for…erm…well…about 20 years now.
So, using the power of my dual nationality, i was proud to [...]
After studying business for the last 3 years (and travelling for a year) i’ve been told many ways to value something. My gained wisdom from it all is that nothing has independant value. Something is only worth how much somebody is willing to pay for it…and this is usually controlled by necessity (a man with [...]
“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.”
Bill Vaughan (1915-1977)
Today’s quote of the day got me thinking about a passage in State of Fear (check out the looonnngggg comments by Ian and me…). The writer mentions the situation in Yellowstone National Park in the US. It was the [...]