Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Tahir Shah | 
Hokkaido Highway Blues. Hitchhiking Japan
by Will Ferguson | 
Waiting for the Dalai Lama
by Annelie Rozeboom | 
Beneath Blossom Rain
by Kevin Grange | 
Destination Saigon
by Walter Mason | 
Bound for Vietnam
by Lydia Laube | 
The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed
by Andrew Doughty | 
Around the World in 60 Seconds
by Nuseir Yassin | 
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
by Patricia Schultz | 
Unfathomable City
by Rebecca Solnit | 
Hillerman Country
by Tony Hillerman | 
The Old Patagonian Express
by Paul Theroux | 
The Lost Amazon
by Wade Davis | 
Journey through Britain
by John Hillaby | 
In Asia
by Tiziano Terzani | 
Full Circle
by Michael Palin | 
The World At Large
by Adam E. Mehaffey | 
Last of the Donkey Pilgrims
by Kevin O'Hara | 
Hunting Mister Heartbreak
by Jonathan Raban | 
Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier
by Terry Darlington |
A vivid, insider's account of one of the most inaccessible and mysterious countries in Asia, this book looks beyond topographical features to discover the psyche of the people of Myanmar. Appointed to train local journalists for 18 months at the English-language weekly The Myanmar Times, and despite a measure of danger in accepting the assignment, Peter Olszewski throws himself into the daily life and culture of Yangon--even finding himself in a real-life, fairy-tale romance. Myanmar has recently been the focus of humanitarian and political outrage in developed countries, and this book gives a surprising, new perspective on the question of democratization.