Burma

Consume at your own risk. May in extreme cases lead to adventures. You have been warned.

On a recent visit to Myanmar, I followed my spirit of curiosity … and found a country poised at the edge of a moment.

Let’s be honest, most things make us want to travel – from the smell of fresh coconuts and the hustle of a crowded marketplace to looking back on old photos.…

It’s known as the Mergui or Myeik archipelago, a collection of 800 jungle-covered islands off the southern coast of Myanmar (Burma). It’s okay if you haven’t heard of it. Until a few years ago hardly anyone had.

I first encountered chinlone in one of Yangon’s back alleys. It was after seven pm, the working day was well and truly over, and a gang of middle-aged men had…

She has tiny hands. Hands like small birds that flutter around the kitchen, gathering herbs, picking spices, covering her mouth to laugh.

Burma is home to some really big things. And we don’t mean it in the way that some people say high school graduates have heaps of potential. We mean it literally.

People don’t have a lot of time for ‘ugly’ travel. But why not? It’s time to celebrate the world for what it is, not what it should be.

In what may come as a surprise to many, beneath Burma’s façade of glittering pagodas and red robes lies a diverse food destination just waiting to be…eaten.