Archive for July, 2011 « EcoBurma – travel to Burma / Myanmar

Promoting Responsible Travel to Burma

A Burmese Adventure

Posted by Kristina Kironska
/ July 25, 2011 / 1 Comment

After a few nights of farewell parties in Taiwan, me and Lya set out on Sunday to the Taoyuan airport to catch a flight to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where we arranged our visa to Burma, officially called Myanmar. We had heard some rumors, later proven to be true, that...

Posted in Travelers

Topics: bus, child labor, education, Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, Yangon
Homeward Bound

Posted by Sai Zom Hseng
/ July 14, 2011 /

Fourteen people sat in the room, each from a different background, but each with the same goal — to go back to Burma. I sat silently, too nervous to break the icy silence in the room, which smelled dreadful from body sweat, mold and cigarette smoke. The floor was dusty,...

Posted in Locals

Topics: human trafficking, Tachilek, transportation