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28th Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival walks 28th Street in downtown Yangon, uncovers Pakistani prayer mats, a fifties-style barber shop, wedding dresses, but not the elusive C.J.Richards. It’s 8.30am and the sun...

LISTENING FOR ECHOES

Virginia Henderson & Tim Webster capture the wonderful stories and images belonging to heritage homes of Yangon. Sixty-five years ago, when I first arrived in...

THE BURMESE SHERLOCK HOLMES : A STRANGE MURDER CASE

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 Htuzandhaw Luthathmu...

THE RIVER OF LOST FOOTSTEPS

Rudyard Kipling, English short-story writer, poet, and novelist, and the first English-language recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, visited Rangoon for just one...

THE BURMESE SHERLOCK HOLMES

Bob Percival takes us on a walk with detective San Shar, and his creator, Shwe U-Daung, through the mean streets of 1930’s Rangoon. RANGOON, Burma,...

38th Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival walks the streets of Yangon looking for an early morning dosa, fresh produce and a bunch of yellow roses. Photos by Max...

SEARCHING FOR THEROUX ON THE MANDALAY EXPRESS

The Mandalay Express (5 UP) is scheduled to leave Yangon from Platform 1 at 3.00pm. I arrive two hours early. Everything takes longer here....

25th Street [Streets of Yangon]

Bob Percival sets out on a crisp winter’s morning to discover the living gems of Yangon’s Indian quarter. It’s winter in Yangon and the cool...