Yangon Post

It's Wedding Season! Couples are tying the knot all over the shop. So we've got outfits to plan and presents to buy... But work all day every day, and a packed...

We have twenty-four bank holidays a year. Yes you read that correctly - twenty-four bank holidays. The Burmese love to celebrate, and take the day off to honour Buddhist Full Moon Days,...

In Yangon we're currently sweltering in 40 degree heat, willing the rainy season to arrive. Meanwhile the UK is serving up an extraordinary cocktail of snowstorms and heatwaves. But the date...

Yangon, previously called Rangoon, is the bustling capital of Myanmar, known as Burma until 1989.  Prada-lined shopping malls and Porches are popping up so rapidly, it's sometimes difficult to visualise...

Lovely, lovely sleep. My favourite thing. What a joy to spend a week being aware of how we sleep, and focussing on how to do it better. In Yangon our home is...

I have a fear of a table for two, in a dimly-lit restaurant, with a single-stem rose putting a thousand metaphorical miles between me and my date. Why put yourself through the stress if...

Why don’t we choose to live in black boxes? Why do care that our houses look cared for? Why do we feel calmer when its tidy? Why are we so...

Perhaps unexpectedly for a majority Buddhist country, Myanmar embraces Christmas with gusto. Yangon’s Bogyoke Road Christmas Lights give Oxford Street a run for its money, and hotels and shopping malls...

Burmese food has a bit of a Marmite effect on tourists; some can't get enough, others just don't get it... But with a little bit of homework, and some help...

As we covered last month, Rattan is having a moment.   But what really is it? And is it different to Wicker? And where does Cane come in?  Rattan is a plant...

It’s in every magazine, newspaper, and cool cat’s home. But unlike shower plants or floral wallpaper, this is no fad. Rattan’s been the Queen of Cool for centuries...

Rangoon, now called Yangon, has had a hell of a ride. Just a little fishing village until the late 18th Century, it grew into one of the largest ports in...