Yangon, Myanmar

Flew into Yangon from Singapore and was bombarded with crazy culture shock. Boys and women almost all wear a beige cream on their face to keep their skin healthy, the people are all incredibly friendly and positive given the liberating and relieving result of their recent elections, and the streets are lined with delicious Chinese food stalls. People are often dancing on the streets and blasting Burmese music.

The ex-pat scene is a decent size and well, and after falling in with a group of NGO-ers from France and Ireland, I found myself 6 hours into a night out that spanned from street beer and food stalls to a house party in Yangon's most upscale neighborhood with some Liberian footballers. The struggle the following morning was reminiscent of my University days. Send Mexican food, stat.Read more