Yangon Neighbourhood

Just a few metres down the street is what looks like a Buddhist temple. A monk is reading from a script and speakers broadcast his speech onto the street. People sit in the temple and in the street in front of it, listening. Religion in the neighbourhood seems to be mixed. Aside from the apparently […]

Too much religion

To make things short: A Buddhist Temple is not the right place for me. On Thursday I made the journey up to the temple, helping a group of Dutch tourists not to get ripped off by the taxi drivers on the way. At the temple I checked in and was told that the welcoming would […]

The Others

There hasn’t been much travelling in my life lately – and thus little to write about. However others had their adventures and provided some entertaining reading for cold and dark winter evenings. First on the list of recommended reads is a few stories by Huyen. I met her in Georgetown where we teamed up for […]

On the Way back

On the way from Cooktown to Palm Cove we stayed for a night at Cape Tribulation. It’s quite a detour but definitely worth it. Not much happened so here’s just some pictures. View from the lookout a couple of minutes north of the Daintree ferry. Our camp in Cape Trib Sunrise over Cape Trib (can’t […]

Burmese Days

For about a month now, an ebook reader has replaced the 3-4 books I was carrying around in my backpack in earlier times. It weighs hardly anything, doesn’t need an external light source for reading and can store more books than I can name. One of these books that recently found its way onto the […]

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