About Cremation
Warning: This article is about Hindu cremation ceremonies, with some pictures. For months now, I’ve been traveling in countries where religion has much more meaning in and for daily life […]
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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 […]
Curry Without Worry, or: How to get Involved
I must admit that I’ve led my life a bit on the selfish side so far, and haven’t been involved much in charitable deeds (charity is also much less developed […]
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 […]
Namaste – Welcome Nepal
Alright, so I am now in Nepal, co-home of the Mount Everest, country of backpackers and mountaineers – and, as I notice, for the first time a country that has […]
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“ […]
Sleeper Train to Colombo / Off the Grid
I am just spending my last day in Sri Lanka. The planned accommodation didn’t work out, so I’ve moved into a backpaper hotel. Cheap – 15 Euros a night – […]
The Art of Tea Production
On Sunday, my friends continued their journey towards the centre of Sri Lanka, whilst I took the night train to Colombo. We travelled together for 10 days, and I was […]
Sri Lanka Awakens
This morning, I had to defend my breakfast against a monkey – it became quite aggressive and started threatening me, and only two Sri Lanken men rushing to my rescue […]
A Bus Journey in Sri Lanka
On Wednesday, I had to get from Anuradhapura in the middle of Sri Lanka to Trincomalee on the East coast. Whilst my friends (well, I might not call them my […]
Navam Maha Perahera
Friends of mine are currently in Sri Lanka, and are lucky enough to be housed in the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo. I’ve leeched onto them, and whilst they are doing […]
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
Sri Lanka – First Impressions
In the last few days, I’ve travelled through Sri Lanka with my tour guide Roshan, and have now slowly made the mental transition from Myanmar to Sri Lanka – which […]
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 […]
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