The Country Formerly Known as Burma

Yangon, where we begin our two-week tour of Myanmar, is not for the faint of heart.  And ‘faint’ is exactly how I feel when our plane touches down sometime after ten pm.  For the past day and a half I’ve battled a bout of food poisoning – most likely contracted during our farmhouse stay in…

A Practical Guide to Evaluating Flight Safety

Today we’re heading to Inle Lake in northeastern Myanmar. We had the option of taking a 12-hour overnight bus ride, or paying extra for an hour flight. It was an easy decision, but one I found myself questioning once we arrived at Yangon Domestic Airport, an astoundingly primitive operation. Put simply: buses don’t fall out…