September 26th, 2011 | Store, Zazzle, 2012, Burma, calendar, Myanmar, Rangood, Yangon
I've been getting a bit homesick for S.E. Asia lately, in particular Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma) where I lived for a few years. I recently spent some time going through my old photos and pulled out a few of my favorites to put into this calendar. At the moment there is a 25% discount on calendars over at www.zazzle.com using the code HOLIDAYEARLY and I didn't want you guys to miss out. This code will also work to get a discount on my 2012 recipe calendar which includes delicious grain-free GAPS diet recipes.
Click here to buy Daily Life, Myanmar 2012 Calendar
Images in this calendar include a curbside roti chef, wild-eyed bus conductor, waiting for the train, street scenes, side-car rides, local medicine man selling scorpion cures, local mango sellers, monks and more. The people of Burma are the most lovely, hospitable people I have ever met and I owe them a lot. They taught me how to be human again after my years getting a "higher education" in the US of A.
I’ve been getting a bit homesick for S.E. Asia lately, in particular Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma) where I lived for a few years. I recently spent some time going through my old photos and pulled out a few of my favorites to put into this calendar. At the moment there is a 25% discount on calendars over at www.zazzle.com using the code HOLIDAYEARLY and I didn’t want you guys to miss out. This code will also work to get a discount on my 2012 recipe calendar which includes delicious grain-free GAPS diet recipes.
August 3rd, 2009
Published August 2009 in Healthy Options magazine, New Zealand
Recipe for homemade lacto-fermented dill pickles.
Lactic Acid Fermentation: Symbiotic Man's Secret Ingredient for Health and Longevity
Many years ago, I worked at the Inya Lake Hotel in Myanmar which also does catering and event ...
July 11th, 2009
Click here for images from market around Yangon.
The first time I visited Burma/Myanmar was in December of 1995. We stayed in the YMCA in downtown Yangon (formerly Rangoon) and were harassed by bed-bugs all night. I remember the streets being particularly gray at that time, except for the bright ...
July 11th, 2009
My favorite market in Yangon is the Indian Spice market which is on 26th St and Anawratha, and there I love to buy thick honey-rich sandalwood oil, turmeric, fragrant sandalwood beads, freshly ground whole wheat flour and blocks of beeswax. An old friend hangs around his buddies spice stall, and alw ...
June 20th, 2007
One of my many favorite places to eat in Yangon is at an excellent Burmese fresh salad bar on the street right next to Sule Pagoda. It opens in the evenings as the parking spaces empty, spilling off the sidewalk and across the street.
This place is famous in Myanmar for the best hand-tossed rice ...
