Burma Calling: An Ode to Burmese Mothers March 11, 2020 It’s very rare in Burma to sit down in a café with a baby on your lap, and not have it whisked away within seconds by a cooing waitress. You often...
Burma Calling: getting off the beaten track February 05, 2020 You know that feeling when you look at a view and you suddenly feel really tiny? When you go somewhere new and see people living their lives in a way...
Burma Calling: Taunggyi Balloon Festival November 15, 2019 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...
Kalinko Living: A Burmese Breakfast September 18, 2019 Mohinga (pronounced exactly as it’s spelt), is the national dish of Burma. It’s really a breakfast dish, but people eat it all day long. There are quite a few ingredients,...
From Sophie: Far Flung Travel - Thandaunggyi September 04, 2019 This hilltop haven in northern Kayin state, Myanmar, was a well-known breezy escape under the British, a warzone under the military, and was closed to foreigners until 2013. It’s now...
Burma Calling: London's Lahpet July 10, 2019 Burmese food is the most underrated cuisine in Asia. Just like the country, it’s incredibly varied and colourful, rammed with textures and flavours, and has a sweet, salty, sour spiciness...
From Sophie: Far Flung Travel - Dawei June 19, 2019 My mother’s one stipulation about me moving to Burma was that we got some bullet proof travel insurance; “just in case you fall off a mountain in the middle of...
Burma Calling: The City May 29, 2019 Yangon, the old capital of Burma, has had a hell of a ride. Just a little fishing village until the late 18th Century, it grew into Rangoon, one of the...
From Sophie: A Burmese Day May 08, 20192 comments I often get asked what it’s actually like to live in Burma. The every-day-ness of it. If you read this post about the difference between London and Yangon, you’ll know that every day is unexpected,...
Burma Calling: The National Sport... Keepie-Uppie April 19, 2019 Did you know that there’s no word for “no” in Burmese? It will therefore come as no surprise that their national sport is entirely non-competitive. Chinlone (“Cane Ball”) is a combination of...
From Sophie: London vs. Yangon March 27, 20194 comments You’d think that living in Yangon would be worlds apart from London. But oddly, it isn’t so different. Monday to Friday, I get up and go to the office. On...
Burma Calling: Tattoo Review September 26, 2018 In Burma, the tradition is older than time. Historically, Bamar men were tattooed in boyhood from the waist to the knees, to provide immunity to bullets and knives, or in...
