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Discover Yangon – Local People, Local Products

Street Sewing Repairs Zaw Lin Htan has been working at his old Singer sewing machine on the streets of downtown Yangon for the last last...

Discover Yangon – Local People, Local Products

Umbrella Repairs Yangon is a place where if something breaks, rather than throw it away, you repair it. Tin Myint is a master at his...

Discover Yangon – Local People, Local Products

Burmese Butter The ‘Moe Cherry’ brand of butter is rare in Myanmar, in that it is local and freshly made. Brought down by refrigerated truck...

30th Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival heads downtown, discovering old Indian family mansions, polaroid bikini girls, and the beautiful Moghul Shiah Janmay Marjid mosque. It’s early morning and the sun...

18th Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival takes a walk downtown, discovering frogs for eating, old-style noodle making, and deep fried duck rolls. As the rains continues to sweep in...

21st Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival goes downtown looking for some shade and quite, and finds classic Chinatown architecture, a rare collection of antique barber chairs, and a...

44th Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival goes downtown looking at a street that's open for redevelopment and finds old warehouses, half-built condos, and the wonderful Myanmar Deitta documentary...

The Burmese Sherlock Holmes – The Scorpion’s Traitor #1

Once again San Lin Tun takes us into the world of famous detective San Shar in 1930’s Rangoon, with his translation of Shwe U-Daung’s...