Posts Tagged With: Mawlamyine
How to volunteer when red tape gets in the way: A story from Mawlamyine
We made it a point to volunteer in our travels. I’m ashamed to admit we got lazy in South America. But in Asia, we tried. We really did. But for one reason or another — there was a large fee we had to pay or they wanted us to commit to six months or more … Continue reading »
Mawlamyine, Myanmar: So that’s what it was like to backpack 20 years ago
Of all the places we visited in Myanmar, Mawlamyine is the one that had us thinking, “So this is what it was like to backpack 15-20 years ago…” Locals weren’t familiar with tourist faces, or at least that’s what we gleaned from a walk through the food market, and there were maybe 15 foreigners in … Continue reading »
We’re back in the U.S. & living in San Diego!
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