​AUDREY CHIN 

In Myanmar, they’ve been switched off for 50 years. It makes for a slower pace of life and a more crafty approach to manufacturing. Don’t let’s talk about productivity though… A business center A call center A taxi in the suburbs A water taxi Milling your own face powder Pressing cooking oil Drawing lotus fibres Hand-spinning silk Setting up a hand loom Hand-rolling sugar Wood-fired stills #Yangon #Myanmar #Meiktila #travel #Asia #Muslim #Buddhism #Burma #Arts

A picture is worth a 1000 words. I have so much to say, I’m just going to surrender and go with the snapshots.  For the more in-depth stuff … wait for the short stories. Credit: National Geographic Magazine A river runs through it. The Ayeryawaddy is the lifeline of Myanmar. Starting 1,300 miles up in the Himalayan Range, it runs through Myanmar’s jungly and strife worn Northern regions to the hot and dusty plains of Central Burma before reaching the Andaman Sea just East of