Yangon Local Airport: Myanmar

The ceiling is high and vaulted in oak, as you would expect in the dining room of a Tudor mansion. The building is far taller than it needs to be and there is a balcony around the central concourse that appears to be solely decorative. Pigeon feathers float down from nests in the coves carvedContinue reading “Yangon Local Airport: Myanmar”

Yu Gardens at Chinese New Year

“Everything there will be closed now at 5.30pm, better if you go there tomorrow” Advice given seriously from behind a small metallic podium in the lobby of an international hotel in Old Shanghai. At this point we were already wrapped like inflatable snowmen thermal layers, with scarves and hats. We shared an imperceptible shrug dueContinue reading “Yu Gardens at Chinese New Year”