Have you been to Pagan?
Pronounced Pah-Gahn and occasionally spelled Bagan, isn’t a locus for transfixed pagan worshipers. Instead it’s one of the world’s most bewitching archaeological sites.
Have you been to Pagan?
Pronounced Pah-Gahn and occasionally spelled Bagan, isn’t a locus for transfixed pagan worshipers. Instead it’s one of the world’s most bewitching archaeological sites.
In 2010 when Myanmar’s repressive military government freed Aung San Suu Kyi from years of unjustified incarceration, the world took notice.
Suddenly, closed doors opened.
Strict visa laws applied to foreign tourists were relaxed.
Interested bystanders bent on visiting Myanmar soon as possible welcomed the change with open arms and wallets.
Almost overnight, Myanmar became the go-to country for all serious travellers.
You simply have to go there before everyone else does.
The Northeast of Victoria is Australia’s most interestingly varied gourmet region.
Call me prejudiced but I remain convinced.
There is no other country more suited to a road trip than America.
I put my foot down hard on the accelerator of opinion driving here I know.
Counter claims? Park them by the wayside while I elaborate.
Two lanes linking small towns all across America is the way to go.
Avoid the interstate system at all cost.
Sticking out at the end of Cape Cod’s sinewy finger, Provincetown is like a naughty geographical riposte, an ‘Up yours!’ to humdrum Middle America amassed somewhere west of Boston.
P’town, as it’s called by regular visitors and permanent residents alike, has long been recognised as an artistic refuge.