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Tag Archives: Myanmar
Random Photo: Favorite Sandwich
I had the privilege recently to speak at David Farley’s Restless Legs reading series at Lolita in the Lower East Side. I wrote something for the event, called “The Hopes & Dreams of Our Travel Generation’s Contributions to the Betterment of Travel are Hinged on our Collective Ability, and Willingness, to Celebrate the Mundane along with the Marvellous.” Aka “Sandwiches.” It ended with … Continue reading
It’s Shwebo!
VIDEO: MY FAVORITE TOWN IN BURMA I have a documenting problem, in that I document too much. I know it’s wrong, but pretty much any where I go I end up trying to ‘capture’ by my digital camera, then my video camera, then my journal — and THEN maybe I’ll take a note for whatever project I’m actually being paid to go there … Continue reading
How to Carry a Basket On Your Head
MORE FROM MRAUK U In Yangon bookstores it’s easy to find a handful of English-language translations of local writers who wax poetic about the charms of rural life. I bought a couple for about $1.50 each and thumb through them during the trip. It’s easy enough to see during a trip here, out the bus window, or beginning on the shortest bike ride … Continue reading
ReidOnTravel Update
A BREATHER & A HARD TRIPThe past several months have been busy for me — finishing up maps for the website, tracking the Central Vietnam floods, and finishing up the last text for the free Vietnam guidebook. I’ve also been talking with a publisher about making a pocket-sized ‘alternative guidebook’ to Vietnam, which I’d like to see IF it can be made for … Continue reading
