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The magic of Myanmar- Part 3 Boats, Bicycles and Balloons in Bagan

March 11, 2010 by Tanja Wessels

the shadow of our balloon over a temple in Bagan

(Continued from last week- Part 2 Mandalay and Beyond)

Super early wake-up calls result in most of the morning resembling an out-of-focus film, and this one was no different. By the time I was able to concentrate I realized that it was dark and cold, and we were sitting on a boat staring at a TV screen playing back-to-back music videos by Boney M. I never remembered them as being such activists, and exactly how ‘far out’ their wardrobes were.

The Magic of Myanmar- Part 2 Mandalay and beyond

March 5, 2010 by Tanja Wessels

to the pagoda, Taungthaman village

(Continued from last week, The Magic of Myanmar Part 1)

I’m not sure if it was the suitcase crashing down on my head, or the cold and hunger on the train that did it, but when we arrived at our hotel in Mandalay, the Emerald land Inn, it did indeed feel like we had walked into a giant gem. The room was spacious, comfortable and had a bath. Sold.

The Magic of Myanmar- Part 1

February 24, 2010 by Tanja Wessels

earning merit at Shwedagon Paya

It was a decision based on avoidance. An avoidance of two things: Christmas and Cambodia. The idea of another December 25th with fake snow and Happy Merry Christmas written on every available surface while you felt your skin being fried under the relentless Cambodian sun was enough to prompt the quest for a location far, far away from sweaty Santas. After a bit of geographical and financial arithmetic Myanmar presented itself.

BarCamp in Yangon Burma

January 23, 2010 by Norbert Klein

Barcamp Burma 2010 - Friday, 22 to Monday 25 January 2010

What is a Barcamp?
Barcamp is a technology sharing event where anyone can participate freely and openly. It is a community activity based on collaboration and knowledge sharing, which has become a trend in Web 2.0 era, that is striving to reduce the knowledge gap between peers and between professionals and non-professionals. It is not an event where the rest of you have to listen to one person talking, but an event where you will be able to express yourself in topics concerning related fields, and therefore, will be able to meet and talk with many people. It is not like a seminar, where the direction goes from one to many, but will be going from many to many.

Fifty Feared Dead in Burma Ferry Collision

November 20, 2009 by The Burma Daily

At least 50 people are believed to have drowned in Burma when a wooden ferry packed with 178 people collided with a tugboat on a river in the southern Irrawaddy delta region, officials said on Tuesday. Thirty-one bodies were found after the single- deck ferry collided with a tugboat pulling a barge late on Sunday in the Ngawun river, and 21 people were missing, officials said. “There is very little chance of finding those missing alive. Most of them are women and children,” said an official in Pathein, capital of Irrawaddy, about 193 km west of the main commercial hub of Rangoon.

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