“This is Burma,” wrote Kipling, “and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.” Though familiar with many Asian wonders, Kipling was enraptured by what is now called Myanmar—perhaps especially by Yangon’s (or Rangoon’s) Shwedagon Temple, “a golden mystery…a beautiful winking wonder that blazed in the sun.”
About The Current Situation in Burma
As our own Tom Cole wrote in 1989 about traveler’s experiences in Burma, “…they know that they've had the paradoxical, and very modern, and all too common, experience of traveling to a magnificent destination, seeing magnificent sights, meeting magnificent people, who are in trouble. And they almost invariably come home eager to help, not forget, those people.”
The trouble that Tom referred to is that of tyrannical government, but as anyone who owns a television or reads a newspaper is aware, that trouble has been further exacerbated by Mother Nature. Fortunately our friends at the Foundation for the People of Burma have already been on the ground doing great work in Burma for many years, and have been able to redeploy their network, circumventing the military constraints that are preventing other aid organizations from helping. They are often the first to reach people in desperate need. GeoEx has made a substantial contribution to their emergency fund and we would encourage you to do the same. To make a tax deductible donation please visit the GeoEx Living Planet Trust and choose the BURMA CYCLONE RELIEF option.
As our own Tom Cole wrote in 1989 about traveler’s experiences in Burma, “…they know that they've had the paradoxical, and very modern, and all too common, experience of traveling to a magnificent destination, seeing magnificent sights, meeting magnificent people, who are in trouble. And they almost invariably come home eager to help, not forget, those people.”
The trouble that Tom referred to is that of tyrannical government, but as anyone who owns a television or reads a newspaper is aware, that trouble has been further exacerbated by Mother Nature. Fortunately our friends at the Foundation for the People of Burma have already been on the ground doing great work in Burma for many years, and have been able to redeploy their network, circumventing the military constraints that are preventing other aid organizations from helping. They are often the first to reach people in desperate need. GeoEx has made a substantial contribution to their emergency fund and we would encourage you to do the same. To make a tax deductible donation please visit the GeoEx Living Planet Trust and choose the BURMA CYCLONE RELIEF option.
Burmese Land of Gold
Overview:
• Offered Weekly
• 12 Days of Touring
• Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan, Inle Lake, & More
• From $4495
Kipling's Burma
Overview:
• Offered Weekly Jan - Apr & Oct - Dec
• 9 Days of Touring
• Includes cruising down the Irrawaddy River
• From $3995
Sailing Burma’s Mergui Archipelago Aboard the Silolona: A Private Charter
Overview:
• Departures: Dec 1 - Mar 31
• 13 Days of Sailing & Touring
• From $250,000 (for up to 12 people)
Custom Journeys in Myanmar (Burma)
Overview: Golden Rock; Shwedagon Pagoda; Strand Hotel; trekking Mount Victoria or the Shan States
