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Malaysia and Singapore
Malaysia is an interesting place; more developed than most of Southeast Asia. It’s also a Muslim country and I was there during Ramadan, which was an experience let me tell you. I took the train in Thailand down to Sungai Kolok and then walked across the border. I was advised by nearly everyone I spoke […]
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diving and debauchery in the Thai islands
October 20, 2013
In January I arrived in Bangkok with one night booked in a hostel and no plans. I wanted to travel in Thailand for a bit, so the next question was: do I go north or south? I chose north. Since this was the beginning of my trip and I reasoned that were I to begin […]
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Back in action
October 20, 2013
Hola mis amigos, It’s been a while, nearly 3 months by my count. Apologies to those who’ve been checking my blog regularly only to see “Final Notes From Burma” at the top of the page. But make no mistake my friends, I’m back and hear to stay. At present I write to you, my intrepid […]
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Final notes on Burma
July 29, 2013
As you may or may not be aware, Burma (or Myanmar) has had something of a troubled past. Nationwide “elections” in 2010 led to the end of an international boycott on tourism, however many countries around the world (including the US) continue to impose sanctions on the quasi-civilian state. That said, travelers are a very […]
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Mandalay
July 29, 2013
Sara and I heard repeated lackluster reports about Mandalay, so it was with some reluctance that we boarded a propeller plane bound for the central Burmese metropolis and former capitol. Mandalay is a sprawling gridded city and largely uninteresting. On our first day we took a motorbike tour of the city’s outskirts, stopping at various […]
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Inle Lake
July 29, 2013
Everything I heard about Inle Lake was true. It is, first and foremost, beautiful, surrounded by verdant mountain ranges, marshes, and floating gardens. The people are wonderful, generous, welcoming and warm. We were lucky to arrive during an important Burmese festival – exams. In Nyaungshwe, where we stayed, hundred of young monks were taking their […]
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Trekking to Inle Lake
July 29, 2013
Before arriving in Burma I was advised by more than one person that Inle Lake was the place to be. A serene, beautiful lake surrounded by endless marshes, villages of stilted huts and markets. A slower, laid back culture with kind and generous locals, a welcoming community replete with Buddhist monks and monasteries and bargain […]
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Bagan
July 9, 2013
Bagan sits in central Burma, and is without question one of the most incredible places I have ever been. It is the Angkor Wat of Burma. No worded description, no series of pictures, can truly do justice to the magnificence of Bagan. Literally thousands of temples, ranging from 10 to over 300 feet, dot the […]
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Burmese Daze
July 2, 2013
Mingalaba, I write to you on a gray humid morning from a café in central Yangon, the largest city and former capitol of Burma (Myanmar). Sitting to my right, legs crossed to the left, is my friend Sara who not long ago was my neighbor in Brooklyn. She decided to leave her job and, before […]
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My introduction to Tantra
June 9, 2013
Namaste, I write to you from Dharamsala, one of India’s spiritual meccas and home of His Holiness, the exiled Dalai Lama. Over the past 4 days I attended a seminar led by the man himself in which he taught us how to become enlightened. More about this event and India in general in the next […]
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