Mar 15, 2019
THE MAGNIFICENT SCHWEDAGON PAGODA OF YANGON IN MYANMAR
If you visited just one site in all of Myanmar, it has to be the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda. Each visit reveals something else of the mystery of this ancient and…
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Mar 15, 2019
A TRADITIONAL MYANMAR MEAL.. ENJOYED IN THE COMPANY OF MY BURMESE FRIENDS
During my three day stay here in Yangon, I had been offered all sorts of Asian meals. I enjoy Asian food, particularly if they have a local twist to it.…
Mar 15, 2019
A MESSAGE ARRIVED FROM MY UMONHON INDIAN BROTHER
and gratefully received I am in Rangoon/Yangon; Birmanie/Myanmar.. here is his message Good morning brother! Off to work this morning and the sunrise is a beautiful purple and pink color.…
Mar 15, 2019
THE TOLERANT MULTICULTURALISM OF YANGON MYANMAR
Rangoon 2019 Pablo Neruda was posted as Chilean Consul to Burma in 1927 Neruda wrote evocatively of Myanmar’s bustling, multiethnic colonial capital: “The street became my religion. The Burmese street,…
Mar 15, 2019
PABLO NERUDA AND RANGOON … E MEU SAUDADE PRA MINHA JOSIE BLISS
Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize winning poet of Chile but celebrated throughout Latin America, was already famous in his country, at an young age. As was customary, he was rewarded…
Mar 15, 2019
LOOKING FOR CHE IN RANGOON AUNG KYAW KYAW THE PAINTER
Walking around like I did this morning to the amazing cultural amalgam of anawrahta street, aptly named india town but you can find genes from all over the world, mingling…
Mar 15, 2019
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM RANGOON./YANGON
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM RANGOON/YANGON, BURMA/MYANMAR My burmese name is Aung Khant and my father would have called this city where I am now Rangoon and the country with which he…
Mar 15, 2019
KERALA FOLLOWS ME AROUND… LATELY MEETING SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN MY TRAVELS
Kerala follows me around ...? I do not travel to INDIA but paradoxically enough once every two months, Manolo the driver from Bristows Bungalow, the only hotel facing the ocean…
Mar 15, 2019
SIEM REAP DESPITE ITS GROTESQUE GROWTH WILL REMAIN A VILLAGE IN MY MEMORIES
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2019/03/siem-reap-despite-its-grotesque-growth.html
Mar 15, 2019
DOUBLE TREE KUALA LUMPUR . WHAT A LOVELY PLACE TO COME HOME TO ..
It seems an apt commentary of a lifestyle of a traveller that you become familiar with ambiance attached to transient places in your life: in this case the Executive Lounge…
Mar 15, 2019
TOP 10 OR MOST POPULAR PLACES TO VISIT . AVOID THEM
WHENEVER I SEE A HEADLINES IN A BLOG OR TRAVEL MAGAZINE Top 10 Travel Destinations In The World For 2019, According To TripAdvisor I quickly make a mental note to…
Mar 15, 2019
QATAR AIRWAYS IS THE BEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD . PARIS TO DOHA
QATAR AIRWAYS Paris CDG Terminal 1 Thanks to agents Nachette and Belinda Lounge access before boarding. Leaving France For the next six hours, cared for by QR staff while pondering…