Bus to Inle Lake       The bus left at 6 A.M. sharp, right on schedule. It seated about 40 people and there were only 20 of us on board. Twenty minutes…

On to Bagan       A bus ride from Mandalay to Bagan costs twelve bucks and took eight hours. For thirty-one dollars I could fly across the river valley, catch a glimpse…

     Opium has been a big ticket item in Burma, Laos, and northern Thailand since the mid 1800s, and today Mandalay is allegedly home to the millionaire drug kingpins of Myanmar.…

Yangon      Outside the airport, under a hot thick early morning Yangon sky, an edgy taxi driver insisted the hotel recommended by my guidebook had been closed for two years. I…

All brides and grooms want a spectacular destination to say, “I do!” Your special day has to be extraordinary. What better way than by choosing an unusually romantic destination? The…

If you come to Southeast Asia, you will learn fairly quickly that certain countries have become saturated with backpackers that have flooded the place with foot traffic and have trashed…

Spring is almost here, so you should feel the urge to start traveling again. Nothing compares to that feeling of freedom you get when you are on the road, ready…

President Trump has a tendency of viewing global trade in terms of black and white: exports are good, imports are bad. To him, the benefits that a trade deal offers…