Scott Market, Yangon, Myanmar: Changing Money at the Market (video)
WATCH: Scott Market, Yangon, Myanmar: Changing Money at the Market After breakfast at Beautyland II around 10am, we gathered our team of Kat (Switzerland), Anke and Moritz (Germany), Michael (Australia) and us (USA) for an excursion to Scott Market, which is now called Bogyoke or Aung San Market to change money. We did not change [...]
Personal Amazing Race and Visa Scavenger Hunt to Visit Myanmar (video)
Video: Personal Amazing Race and Scavenger Visa Hunt to go to Myanmar (Burma) We returned to Bangkok to organize our visas to go to Myanmar (Burma). We traveled by local boat (15B about 50cents) and sky-train (15B one stop) from Koh San Road to the Silom area where the Myanmar embassy is located. Getting to [...]
Have you been Stuck in PayPal Jail?
Ever wonder if we have problems with money on the road? I have been STUCK IN PAYPAL JAIL twice already on this trip! Thank you to Nomadic Samuel for sharing our story on his site! It starts like this: After all my months and years on the road, I try to convince myself that I [...]
Glass Geishas by Susanna Quinn
Susanna Quinn’s Glass Geishas is a compelling and cautionary tale. Just reading the sub-heading: “Every Girls Has Her Price,” I was drawn in. From the first lines of the prologue, “Breathe in, Breathe out,” I felt like I fell down a rabbit hole. What world had I tumbled into? The stories of young blond Western [...]
Do you have to have cash?
In The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, Thomas H. Greco states: Money is such a basic feature of our everyday lives that a world without it almost inconceivable. It is a thing as necessary as air, water, food—because, in a developed economy, it is by the process of exchange that we acquire [...]
