Yangon Post

7 years living in Yangon with patchy electricity taught me a thing or two about sleeping in 30 degree heat.

The monsoon arrived in Yangon on Monday night, just as my flight landed. After months of oppressive heat, the rain changes everything almost overnight. The city cools, people sleep better,...

At this time of year sunrise at the Shwedagon Pagoda is cool; the tiled floor is cold on your bare feet and a gentle breeze ripples past your cheeks and...

It all started with some stools.  These exact stools, in fact. They were collecting dust in a market stall in a town in the far north of Burma in early...

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...