ailing on Silver Wind from Singapore for Muscat in Oman on 19th March 2015. I use photos to share the limited range of activities I enjoy walking around and meeting friends in the ports where we travel. They albums are by no means exhaustive of all the possibilities in these exotic ports of call. Singapore …
IN THE COOL COOL OF THE EVENING – GLITTERING IN RANGOON Last night . . . In the cool of the early evening in Rangoon, Jim and I turn the corner onto the platform of Buddhist shrines. The gilded stupa of this ‘Golden Pagoda’ glitters with such stunning impact. Barefooted, in wonderment, we walk around …
RANGOON REVISITED AFTER FOUR YEARS Silver Wind is docked literally across the Strand from the downtown area of Rangoon, but the thought of walking back to the ship after today’s sightseeing and lunch was not to be considered. The temperature had already climbed was above 100 degrees, and one or al of us might have …
TOO QUICK TO JUDGMENT – HERE IN RANGOON! The once impressive Yangon Western State Court is typical of so many wonderful century-old colonial buildings now crumbling. Its cupola is caving in, the shutters are broken and falling off the windows, and plants grow from cracks in the peeling façade. Amazingly, it’s still in use! But …
WHY BURMA? March 2011 What is it about Burma that made me want to go there in the first place? I have a couple of good Burmese friends who speak both passionately and sadly about their ‘beautiful’ country. That may have had a bearing on it. I possessed a compelling sense of the ‘unknown’; the …