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August 25, 2018
Ethical and Beautiful Shopping in Yangon

Ethical and Beautiful Shopping in Yangon

If there is one shop in downtown Yangon where you can buy a gorgeous souvenir and help make a difference direct to local artisans, Hla Day is it. The name of the shop means ‘beautiful’ in Burmese and it’s hard not to feel good when you walk through the door. Founder and Lead Designer Ulla …

August 23, 2018
The top four hotels in Yangon

The top four hotels in Yangon

My favorite hotel in Yangon is not, probably, the best hotel in town, but it’s certainly the most gorgeous. In a city which seems to open a new hotel every month, it’s pretty hard to choose the top four. There are a slew of brand new, high-rise places each one more shiny and slick than …

August 21, 2018
The Soothsayer at the Sule Pagoda

The Soothsayer at the Sule Pagoda

I’m a sucker for a fortune teller. And so, when I heard the second most famous pagoda in Yangon  had resident soothsayers, I headed straight there. When I arrived and saw the monstrous traffic that stood between me and my destiny, I almost lost my nerve. Because Sule Pagoda and its palm readers and astrologers …

August 20, 2018
Yangon in the Rainy Season – Things to do

Yangon in the Rainy Season – Things to do

If you visit Yangon any time between May and September, chances are you will get caught in the rain. A lot. That’s why most visitors come between November and February, when the temperatures are moderate and rainfall low. However, there’s a certain charm to the city in the rainy season. Not least of which is …

July 18, 2018
What to take on the Camino to Santiago?

What to take on the Camino to Santiago?

What to take for a 800km walk, in one backpack? One thing is almost certain – what you start with is not what you will end with. Camino albergues are littered with discarded gear. Some depends on what you normally use. Do you walk in shorts? Pants? Whatever. Take it, but just make it light. …

July 16, 2018
My pack and me – an uneasy relationship

My pack and me – an uneasy relationship

What should I take for the Camino? This exercised my mind in the few weeks I had to prepare. A lot. And, it also exercises the mind of most people before they go – judging from the internet. Also a lot. I decided I would carry my pack, even though a bag toting service was …

July 15, 2018
Beguiling Burgos

Beguiling Burgos

  Burgos turned out to be a pretty decent place to be unwell for a few days. I now think of my first Camino as ‘before Burgos” and “after Burgos”. After taxi-ing through from Santo Domingo, I holed up in a cheapish place right in the historical centre – the creaking Hotel Norte y Londres …

October 2, 2017
The Camino Cough – it got me!

The Camino Cough – it got me!

Yes it happened. I got sick. Very sick. Too sick to carry on. So what’s it like being sick on the Camino? The short answer is miserable. The long answer is interesting. Because you’re a long way from home. And on a mission. But you can’t get ahead with walking 20 plus km a day, …

September 13, 2017
Days 1 and 2 – St. Jean to Roncevalles

Days 1 and 2 – St. Jean to Roncevalles

Twenty five kilometers over the Pyrenees is no joke under any circumstances. Add a 8kg pack, no training and jet lag and it’s bad! A few weeks before leaving I’d decided to stay over halfway at Orisson and got booked into their overflow gite at Kayola. Turned out to be a good choice, considering. The …

August 1, 2017
I’m doing the Camino

I’m doing the Camino

My Camino to Santiago starts in about 30 minutes. My pack is packed. My passport and money are in place. This is really happening! Until today, preparations involved booking a one way ticket to Paris, lying on the couch reading a book on what to take (half-way) and another book on how it changed someone’s …

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Early evening in Procida in the bay of Naples. Image: Sue Teodoro
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