Currently Burma is not one of the world’s top 10 travel destinations but the neighboring nation of Thailand is frequently visited. This gives hope that if Burma’s political and governmental issues can ...

BAGAN, Myanmar – The rising sun streaked a light blanket of fog with pink and yellow. Suddenly, pagodas popped out from the mist, some grand and intricate, others squat and modest, some crumbling, ...

Burma has been on the travel no-go list for decades, but after its first democratic elections in 20 years and growing international support calling for an end to the travel boycott, the nation’s ...

While most people flock to countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam when they’re looking for a Southeast Asia adventure, there’s one destination that they’ll be sad they overlooked. Dotted with ...

There's an old joke I heard a few times during my recent travels around Burma. Each retelling differed slightly, but it basically went something like this: It was around 2004, and George W. Bush, ...

A series of events has helped draw the world's eyes to Burma over the last year — and for once it's not all negative attention. The release of political leader and democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi ...

There are very few civilizations left in the world that are not inundated with Western culture. In 1990, the newly liberated Budapest was a city with no billboards, shopping malls or fast food ...

A devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar today, sending tremors across the region and impacting travel to both Myanmar (also called Burma) and Thailand. The quake, which ...