A Tale of a Great Passion – Green Island School
Khaing Zar is a very brave and passionate woman – she strongly believes that every child in Myanmar should have the right to an early start into a successful life […]
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A Tale of a Great Passion – Green Island School, Yangon, Myanmar
Khaing Zar is a very brave and passionate woman – she strongly believes that every child in Myanmar should have the right to an early start into a successful life […]
Good-Bye Myanmar
On Saturday, I left Myanmar – for now. It was a sad moment – Green Island School and Khaing Zar’s family have become very dear to me, and there were […]
The Spirit Person
The first weekend back in Myanmar I went with Khaing Zar’s family to a village about 2 hours drive from Yangon; Khaing Zar was trying to find teachers for her […]
Hello My Name is Teacher Dorothy
One of my own conditions for my sabbatical was that I wouldn‘t sit all alone in a hotel room all the time, but actually go out and experience „real life“ […]
Myanmar Photo Gallery
Ich habe eine neue Seite eingefügt – Myanmar Photos – bitte Link klicken / I have inserted a new photo gallery page – Myanmar, please follow the link: https://gudrunklaff.com/photo-galleries/myanmar
Life at the Riverfront
I am benefiting from having a fast internet connection for one day, to upload remaining Myanmar entries – these blog entries are more work than I would have thought. For […]
Inle Lake
A magical place – home of the one legged fishermen and the floating gardens. This was my favourite destination during the entire trip – our hotel on stilts was in […]
Bangkok has more than 1 airport? / Monks in Myanmar
I have now reached Sri Lanka, after an 8 hour stop-over in Bangkok. In Bangkok, I wanted to meet up with a fellow traveller from the photo trip, we’d arrange […]
The Women with the Long Necks
It took 5 days, but finally I ventured out of the hotel. It took approximately 10 minutes, and a guy shouted „oi, miss, please stop, I want to talk to […]
A Hairy Subject – the Initiation Ceremony Shinbyu
After having limited my actions to moving around between beach lounger, balcony armchair, restaurant chair and bed, I start feeling more like myself again – I really needed this (attached […]
Burma / Myanmar – A Little Background & Other Curiosities
I am just returning from lunch on the beach. There are tiny bars, with a few chairs, tables and umbrellas, and presumably tiny kitchen. The one I’d selected looked suspiciously […]
Mingalaba!
Mingalaba (Good day) from Burma! I am writing this while sitting at the beach, seeing golden sand, clear blue water and pittoresque fisherboats, at a mild 27 degrees in the […]
