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  • On the move but back to civilisation: Yangon, Bangkok, Manila

    A reminder of home   I’m almost thankful our night bus from Hpa An dropped us at a bus stop in Yangon at three o’clock in the morning. It reminded me what an interesting country I was soon to be leaving, a thought I was extremely saddened by. Myself and Jaimie caught a taxi to our […]

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  • A city of two extremes: Yangon, Myanmar

    Myanmar, Yangon, monks, Shwedagon Paya

      The first thing I noticed when getting off the plane in Yangon is that Myanmar isn’t how I expected. Firstly, there were tons of western people in suits presumably visiting for business and despite what my Lonely Planet says, there are also plenty of ATMs and what’s more, the airport even has a couple […]