Burma has been on the travel no-go list for decades, but after its first democratic elections in 20 years and growing international support calling for an end to the travel boycott, the nation’s ...

Leading Asia specialist, Travel Indochina, is continuing to experience a surge of interest in Burma, prompting the award-winning tour operator to add three additional departures on its 13-day “Burma ...

Intrepid Travel, an adventure travel company with a legacy of bringing travelers to some of the world’s most intriguing regions, is reintroducing trips to Burma from March 2012, following the release ...

I sailed with Avalon Waterways through Burma along the Irrawaddy River. This journey of discovery in a remarkably colorful and complex country ventured from the north, an area little visited by ...

A series of events has helped draw the world's eyes to Burma over the last year — and for once it's not all negative attention. The release of political leader and democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi ...

BAGAN, Myanmar – The rising sun streaked a light blanket of fog with pink and yellow. Suddenly, pagodas popped out from the mist, some grand and intricate, others squat and modest, some crumbling, ...

There's an old joke I heard a few times during my recent travels around Burma. Each retelling differed slightly, but it basically went something like this: It was around 2004, and George W. Bush, ...

Who would not be moved by the speech given by Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi last weekend? She was finally receiving the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded 21 years ago while under house arrest. At ...

“Faraway places with their strange-sounding names” have been calling to me since I was a young child, mesmerized by magic carpet stories that flew me regularly in and out of exciting experiences. How ...

Michael Kerr took a cruise up the Irrawaddy river to get the measure of beautiful but mysterious Burma. Credit: CHRIS CALDICOTT As Telegraph Travel reported last month, Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the ...