Mar 10th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
When we think of Southeast Asian architecture we often think of old temples and ancient statues, but the influence of colonial times on this area of the world has had just as much of an influence on the local infrastructure and design.
Flickr member R A L F captured this beautiful building facade in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar). The city, also known as Rangoon, has the largest number of colonial ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: Colonial Architecture In Burma
Mar 10th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
When we think of Southeast Asian architecture we often think of old temples and ancient statues, but the influence of colonial times on this area of the world has had just as much of an influence on the local infrastructure and design.
Flickr member R A L F captured this beautiful building facade in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar). The city, also known as Rangoon, has the largest number of colonial ...Video Of The Day: Virtual Myanmar
Jan 3rd, 2013 at 7:00PM:
"Visualtraveling - Myanmar" from Patrik Wallner on Vimeo.
A few months ago, President Obama became the first US president to visit the Asian country of Myanmar. Although tourism has opened up in recent years and the country held elections for the first time in 2010, it remains a tightly controlled country that many Americans feel they don't want to support with their travel dollars. No matter ...
Other Countries A US President Has Never Visited
Nov 19th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
President Barack Obama will land in Myanmar (aka Burma) this week, a first-time visit for any President of the United States. Never mind that Myanmar is best known as a brutal dictatorship, not exactly in line with U.S. foreign policy. Disregard any political or geographically strategic reasons for befriending Myanmar. Today, this is all about the President being the first to visit Myanmar and ...12 Hours In Yangon, Myanmar
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:00AM:
For most of the past two decades, the only images and sounds of Myanmar that have reached the outside world is of its repressive military regime and the heroic resistance of the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. For years, travelers found themselves caught up in the debate over the ethics of traveling to Myanmar resulting in the country becoming more remote and inaccessible.
Now, with ...Travel meets journalism at Roads and Kingdoms
Dec 20th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Last month, writers Nathan Thornburgh (a contributing editor to TIME and recent guest of Fox News) and Matt Goulding (food & culture writer and author behind the Eat This, Not That! book series) launched a new website with the intriguing tagline: "Journalism, travel, food, murder, music. First stop: Burma." Combining on-the-spot reporting on current events and politics with in-depth cultural ...The magic of Bagan - 3 days in Burma
Apr 18th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Bagan is an ancient city in a troubled country. Thousands of temples, pagodas, and stupas unfold across the dusty plains as if they have grown here organically from the ground for millenia. It is a place that feels older than time. The ambitions of this primeval capital are evident in every direction. The sheer number of ancient structures is at once baffling and awe-inspiring. No place on ...GadlingTV's Travel Talk - Thailand Part 8: Scooters & Coconuts
Feb 17th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Gadling TV's Travel Talk, episode 38 – Click above to watch video after the jump
In the first half of Travel Talk's grand Thai expedition, we've tamed elephants, explored Bangkok's temples, eaten scorpions, taken in a Muay Thai match, and witnessed a train running directly through a bustling market. Now, we're taking you to explore a lesser known province of Thailand for a closer ...Photo of the day - Intha leg rowers boat race in Burma
Feb 12th, 2011 at 4:30PM:
What do you see in the photo above? Men walking awkwardly on stilts or a bridge gone horribly wrong? They're actually competing in a boat race in Myanmar using the traditional Intha leg-rowing technique. The Intha people developed this unusual style of rowing in order to navigate around the many reeds and plants in the lake that they may not see rowing from a seated position. In this race, each ...Ten most corrupt countries of the world
Oct 28th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
You spend every holiday weekend annoyed that you can't talk your way out of a speeding ticket. If only there were some way out of that predicament ... aside from taking your lead foot off the gas, right? You may be out of luck on the New Jersey Turnpike, but there are plenty of places in the world where money talks, according to a new study by Transparency International. So, if you tend to ...Cultures of Indonesia: From Sea Gypsies to cannibals and more
Aug 12th, 2010 at 12:25PM: Indonesia is a sprawling island nation with a rich cultural heritage. From the temples in Bali to the unique street food, it's easy to immerse yourself in all the aspects of Indonesia. If you've ever wanted to know about the culture, scene and surroundings of one of the world's most intriguing destinations, read on...
Sea Gypsies
From the Burma Banks in Myanmar to Eastern Indonesia, the Sea ...Photo of the Day (5.4.10)
May 4th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
It's hard not to be drawn in by such a colorful image; but my favorite part of this photo is the story behind it. Photographer Mike Goldstein took the shot while visiting the old temples outside of Bagan, Myanmar. Upon arrival, this young lady started taking him on a tour of the village - showing off the looms, cotton products, etc. Mike explains what happened at the end of the tour on his blog ...Photo of the Day (10.17.09)
Oct 17th, 2009 at 5:00PM: I've said it several times, and I will say it again: Myanmar is a beautiful place. Go there. The Burmese people are some of the most earnest people I've met on my travels. Despite the continued political strife in the country and the devastating cyclone that swept through the coast over a year ago, Myanmar is among the world's unique and well-preserved places. This photo of two young female ...Through the Gadling Lens: photographing the children of the world
Sep 17th, 2009 at 11:00AM: I was recently instant-messaging a friend of mine, asking him if he had any suggestions for what we could talk about this week here on Through the Gadling Lens. "Why don't you talk about taking photographs of kids?" he asked. I demurred. "Umm, I really try to keep this column about travel," I explained gently. He looked at me like I was stupid. Well, as much as one can look at someone else on ...Photo of the Day (3-18-09)
Mar 18th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
A person can't help but come across a reclining Buddha when traveling in Asia. Lady Expat, however, found an angle of this one in Bago, Myanmar that I haven't seen before. I imagine this Buddha enjoying a moment watching the clouds go by. Bliss.
If you've captured a moment of Bliss, send it our way at Gadling's Flickr photo pool. It might be picked at a Photo of the Day.
...Survival at sea a hoax?
Jan 29th, 2009 at 4:30PM: Ten days later, the two men from Myanmar who Scott reported were rescued from a floating refrigerator and supposedly survived 25 days at sea with little nourishment are back in the news, but this time because authorities are calling their survival story a hoax. The men were on a Thai fishing boat off the northern coast of Australia, and it was deemed pointless to search for other survivors, as ...Tim Patterson on the Kachin struggle for freedom in Myanmar
Dec 17th, 2008 at 9:00AM: My travel writing buddy Tim Patterson has been traveling around Southeast Asia for six months now doing a bunch of things, but when I learned of his latest project in Myanmar, my eyes and ears perked up and I hope yours will too. He and his friend Ryan Libre have been working with the Pulitzer Center to provide crisis reporting in the Kachin state of northern Myanmar. Their first report came in ...Photo of the Day (12.13.08)
Dec 13th, 2008 at 4:00PM: Myanmar has been on my mind. I am indebted to this country alone, so ripe with political strife, for the worldly passion I now possess. Just a year and a half ago, I stepped off the plane in Yangon a naive and lonely American traveler. I learned by observation that the men wear longyi (a long wraparound skirt), the women and youth paint their faces with thanaka (a tree bark powder serving the ...When is Travel Too Dangerous?
Sep 17th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Sometimes, common sense is all you need to decide if a trip is too risky. For example, a expedition to build sandcastles on Galveston Island wouldn't have worked out well during Hurricane Ike. But at other times the decision to stay or go is a lot less clear. Do you avoid places like Thailand, where current political strife has induced demonstrations and violence? What about Indonesia, where ...Just how bad was Myanmar flooded?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Google just updated their map servers with imagery from before and after Cyclone Nargis that struck earlier this month. The resulting data are pretty shocking. Click on the Google map to see a regular layout of the country's coast. You can see the cyclone's path and what areas were flooded by checking the "Show Path and Flooding" link, where you'll see all of the red areas that were affected. You ...Lonely Planet's Burma guide called unethical
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 4:00PM: Traveling can be political, and as reported by the BBC last September, guidebooks even more so. The current political situation in Burma is so highly charged that Britain's Trade Union Congress (TUC) is asking travelers to stop buying Lonely Planet's guide to Burma in order to encourage the company to withdraw the book from the market. The TUC along with Tourism Concern, Burma Campaign UK and the ...
