No one has the excuse for boredom in Yangon so long as they are able to stroll down the city’s colonial grid-system streets. Delightfully designed by happenstance and history, Yangon feels like a bustling city in the midst of ruins, as many of the buildings built by the British have been left [...]
Have you ever heard of Burmese food? I certainly hadn’t before visiting the country. Well, I assumed the people in Myanmar eat, of course, but I didn’t know what exactly constitutes Burmese cuisine. Before arriving, I questioned the very existence of a unique culinary history in Myanmar–that fertile stretch of land [...]
I know! I’m still talking about the robbery. I have other things to write about, I swear, but they involve things like processing photos and, like, work. So for now, lists will have to do.
Things I Imagined Doing to the Myanmar Bros Who Stole Our Money Pointing menacingly with my umbrella tip and giving [...]
Little Nuns in Bogyoke Aung San Market
How to Change Money in Yangon Without Getting Scammed
1. Go to Bogyoke Aung San Market in Yangon (map here) between 9:30 and 4:00 pm, ignoring anyone who asks you along the way if you need to change money. [...]
The Yangon train station at night. Also? The scene of the robbery.
Myanmar is supposed to be incredibly safe. The guidebooks, seasoned travelers, and the internet are all the same in their reassurances of Yangon’s safety and urging to talk and connect with locals eager to chat with someone [...]
A bus in Yangon that I did not ride.
Eight days is a very small amount of time to spend in Myanmar, but a very long time to spend in Yangon.
Even in the best of conditions, travel in Myanmar is a notoriously uncomfortable affair, with rainy season heightening [...]
A disease has taken down the travel blogging community in the form of a chain mailish photography contest let loose into the wild by Travel Supermarket. I’ve been infected by two bloggers, despite being a very amateurish photographer, and the only way to become healthy again [...]
Hey folks! I’m in Burma (Myanmar) right now. So while I’ve scheduled a few posts for your continued entertainment, I’m going to be nearly entirely absent from the internet in all its magnificent forms until further notice. You can leave notes about how much you miss me in the comments.
Our current plan [...]
1. It might be impossible to get a visa for Myanmar (Burma) without mailing my physical passport to a travel agency. Mailing it. As in, sticking my most important possession that I’m supposed to keep on my person at all times in an envelope and giving it to the Thai postal service. The same Thai [...]
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