What is the best day of your life? What is the best night of your life? Is it something so memorable you don’t need to think about it? Prior to this time last year, it would’ve taken me quite a while to look back on my life and identify these times.  The answer is not… Continue reading The Bests

Our next stop was Bagan! We walked in the Myanmar heat across town to the train station to schedule the overnight train to Bagan. Sold out. We walked across the street to the bus station to book the night bus to Bagan. Sold out. Weird how these things happen when you try to make plans… Continue reading Trekking from Kalaw to Inle Lake

​After a long, but delicious week in Bangkok, I finally acquired my Myanmar visa. Hey, here’s a tip: don’t be an idiot and apply on a Thursday or else you have to wait all weekend until the visa gets processed. Another tip: don’t wait until your 30 days in Thailand runs out either or risk… Continue reading Yangon, Myanmar

​It’s no surprise that every culture has its own habits and norms. A gesture or word can be extremely offensive to one culture and completely common and acceptable in another. From wearing shoes inside to a confusing head bob or the unthinkable act of wearing a tank top in a restaurant, societies abide by customary… Continue reading Social Norms: Normal to Me, Obscure to You

​Our last night in Yangon was American Thanksgiving. Depressed about the lack of turkey and binge eating in my life, I decided to drown my sorrows in beer. We wandered down 19th Street to find some drinks and dinner. Here we found an outdoor restaurant with 750 kyat (that’s about $0.57) Myanmar draft beer. Thanks,… Continue reading A Restaurant Review: The Green Gallery in Yangon, Myanmar

​It’s 3:30 AM on a Monday and Ive just arrived at the Yangon bus station. My “night bus” arrived 3 hours early from Bagan, as it so often does here in Myanmar. I was passed out hard on the bus, only to awaken to the bus driver’s tap on my leg. My ticket to Hpa-an… Continue reading The Language Barrier