Burmese Lacquerware? Not in This 56 Second Movie.

Burmese Lacquerware? Not in This 56 Second Movie. I’m new to travel blogging, but I’ve been around the photography and writing block, a time-or-two. Search-engine-optimisation, eye-balls, transactional content, Web 2.0, I’ve heard of those terms. However, this post is about a third-world factory in Myanmar. A tale of child labour, cigars, and the places you end […]

Sweatshops, Child Labour, Myanmar Tourist Attractions?

Sweatshops, Child Labour, Myanmar Tourist Attractions?Looking for an attraction, with a difference? Schwedagon Pagoda tour not your cup of tea? Aung San Suu Kyi’s house? You can’t even take photos there! Not in any Myanmar travel guide, this is a story of child labour, of sweatshops, and of Cigars – an impromptu rendezvous, with the engine […]

Myanmar Visa? 5 Essential Travel Tips, Before You Get to the Airport.

Myanmar (Burma) is shaping up as one of the hot travel destinations for 2012. Getting a Myanmar Visa is important, but a visa is not the only consideration before you travel to this exotic land. Soon after exiting the airport, you will quickly realise you’re not in Karachi any more. No, really, you’re not even in Kansas, […]