Out and about around NPT
Wrapping up my time in NPT: One weekend I visited a village on the outskirts of town and as you drove out of the city it was like an invisible…
The office continued…
The level of English in the department was not high and I had a translator for 90% of the assignment. Generally the older generation had much lower English skills…
The office
After a career working in offices that have always had computers it was huge shock to walk into a Finance Department that looks like this… A big room with about…
Quiet time in the Capital
For the last month, September , I have been working solo up in Myanmar on a Financial Procedures & Capability review project in one of the government ministries. I didn't…
Burma Impressions
Some final random notes relating to our time in Burma which we didn't cover anywhere else… Thanakha: The pale yellow face paint. I had seen pictures of Burmese women and…
Off Inle and Back to Rangoon
Having had an interesting time on Inle we decided to head into the lake town of Nyaungshwe for a look around before our 2:30 flight back to Rangoon. The lake…