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Travel Blogs from Yangon (Rangoon)
Getting our bearings in the capital
We're here! It's so different from everywhere else we've been. And yet, in many ways, the city is similar to big cities in developing countries everywhere.
Most women and children's faces are covered in patterns of thanakha, a paste made of ground sandalwood and water. This serves the triple funciton of makeup, skin conditioner, and …
Information about vipassana meditation
... 00 p.m. Questions may also be asked in public between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. in the meditation hall. The interview and question times are for clarifying the technique and for questions arising from the evening discourses. Noble Silence All students must observe Noble Silence from the beginning of the course until the morning of the last full day. Noble Silence means silence of body, speech, and mind. Any form of communication with fellow student, whether by gestures, sign language, ...
Myanmar - To Go or Not To Go
... not many people visit his village and so he supplements his tour job by teaching English to the local children. English he learnt at school but gets to improve on daily basis as he speaks to the people visiting his country. He is proud that foreigners want to visit Myanmar and hopes that they continue to do so; it is an important hope because for him tourism is his lifeline.
The main concern with travelling to Myanmar is the money you spend ending up in the ...
Yulia is here...!!!
... 504;ה מסוגר 14; ולא מערבי 14; בכלל ושאנש 97;ם מפחדי 01; לדבר על הממשל, מחשש למה שיקרה להם), יש בה ...
My Arrival into Yangon
... of string saw them there, they would be hoisted up.
Close to my new home was Sulu Paya – a golden pagoda in the middle of a busy downtown roundabout. Normally there was an entrance fee to get in. But I accidentally discovered (before realising you needed to pay) that if you go at 5am then there’s no one to take your money and so it is free. In case you’re wondering, the day I went in at 5am was not because I normally got up ...