Yangon Post

Q: What happens if you attach fireworks to a hot air balloon? A: The most bonkers festival on the planet. Read all about the Taunggyi Balloon Festival...

I like mine with a sweetcorn fritter. Read about the burmese national dish and have a go at cooking it under the guidance of the Rangoon Sisters.

This man lives in a town called Marble Or "Sagyin" in Burmese. The town is in the shadows of a huge marble mountain. Everybody in the region works in the...

Who gets the last brownie? Or more likely in Burma, the last piece of jaggery? You remember the scene in Notting Hill, where the characters compete over who has the saddest life....

We are 10 days on from the earthquake in Burma, and the severity of the situation is still not much clearer than it was this time last week. We will...

Despite being in daily contact with our team in Yangon, I never quite know what to expect when I land in Burma. Burmese resilience warps your understanding of what’s going...

Did you know that the Burmese are more into tea than we are? Or that our furniture is made from old Burmese buildings? Or that there are 3000 miles of...

You’ll know when you see one: chaotic and bustling, with full grown adults sitting on tiny child-sized stools at knee-high tables, deep in conversation or hidden behind newspapers. The clientele...

Female voices are generally missing from twentieth century accounts of life in Burma, but Ma Ma Lay is an exception. A journalist and tireless advocate for women, both intellectually and politically,...

Why Monsoon? Well, they're made from Rain Wood, and we wanted to pay tribute to the power of Burma's magnificent monsoon season. Each day from June to October, the heat...

In June, we visited one of our carpentry workshops near Bago in Burma, and made this video while we were there of one of our salad bowls coming to life....

If you'd like to wow your guests, or perhaps just your own taste buds, here are two of my favourite Burmese salads. The recipes come from the Rangoon Sisters, and...