Cross the Hlaing River from Yangoon and you enter a world that couldn’t be more different from the bustle of downtown. Gone are the streams of trishaws and taxis. In their place: horse carts, little red-tiled farmsteads and temple ponds spl…

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When it comes to views over Bagan, a balloon flight at dawn is hard to top. Preceded by a champagne breakfast and transfer by antique Burmese bus, the experience of drifting hundreds of feet above the famous temples as the first rays of day…

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At the far west end of Yangon’s colonial district, Bogyoke Aung San Market (formerly ‘Scott Market’) is Myanmar’s single richest source of souvenirs. Crammed on to two sprawling storeys in a sugar-pink building dating from 1926 are over 2,0…

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Only a handful of firms are currently licenced to run cruises in the Myeik region, making this is the perfect time to visit Myanmar’s most remote archipelago. Thanks to their expert, international crews, elegant fleet of classic 70 to 120-f…

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