FINDING CHRISTMAS IN MYANMAR’S ‘DRY ZONE’
Does Dust Count as White? A hundred miles or so north of Yangon, where I am now, Myanmar’s big fat dry belly begins. In towns like Magwe, Meiktila, Taungoo and Mingyan (rhymes with ‘engime’) palm leaves sway in the light breeze,but during Christmas season – the heart of the dry season – they’recaked in dust. If you squint, it almost looks like snow. … Continue reading