Mandalay – Feb 10-13, 2016 Mandalay….I am guessing that, like myself, most of you think of Mandalay Bay when you here this word, which as far as I can tell is just a made up thing, because Mandalay is on the Irrawady River, and there is no such thing as a bay here. Another city …

Bagan, Myanmar – Feb 6-9, 2016 Here we are in lovely Bagan. The thing to do here, really the ONLY thing we really did, was wander around in the 26 square mile forest of Temples and stupas. They have been building temples here since the 11th century, and sometimes at the astounding rate of a …

Inle Lake, Myanmar – February 3-6, 2016 Although quite a bustle in the little town of Nyaung Shwe where we stayed, Inle Lake, a resorty area in the middle of Myanamar, was a welcome departure from the heat and rush of the city. We arrived to find our hotel room was a little cottage on …

Yangon, Myanmar – January 31-February 4, 2016 If you think you don’t recognize this place, I will give you its former colonial name, Rangoon, Burma. What an exotic-sounding place. The sound of it conjures up images of colonial splendor in a tropical paradise. The reality of it is that this bustling city (the largest in …