Hi students, Greetings from Thailand! To answer Tiana’s question about ATM/Debit card use in Myanmar: In our experience, most ATM & Debit cards can be used in Myanmar as long as there is a Visa or Mastercard logo on it. Myanmar is not an......Read More
I just got a call from my Wells Fargo bank to inform me that I cannot use my ATM card in Myanmar since it is an OPEC country. Any suggestions or bank names that allow use of ATM in Myanmar?...Read More
Hello everyone! My name is Thea! I live in New Jersey with my parents and younger sister. I’m 18 and just graduated from my high school, Mount Saint Mary. This trip is a part of my gap year before I head off to Lafayette College in......Read More
Hey guys! My name is Lexi Kanter and I’m from New York City. I just graduated from the Horace Mann School this past spring, and I will be attending Harvard next fall. I play piano, and I also love to ski. Some of my other hobbies are baking,......Read More
Hi, everyone! My name is Thalia Lhatso-Suppan and I’m from Boulder, Colorado. I recently graduated from Watershed School and I chose to take a gap year in order to get to know myself and the world around me a little bit more before going to......Read More
Hello, My name is Ian Mann and I am from Houston, Texas. I just graduated from Emery high school and will be attending Trinity University following my gap year. Some of my hobbies include playing the guitar, playing soccer, reading, videogames, and......Read More
Hello, Our exciting journey is around the corner! We hope you are getting excited and perhaps have already started packing. You should have received your Course Preparation Manual in the mail complete with packing list, and we want to provide you......Read More
Hi Students, With two weeks until we meet up in Bangkok, we have a collection of small assignments for you. We invite you to engage in the themes we’re going to be learning about so that we’re all on the same page and excited for when......Read More
Hi students, Please see below our broad-strokes, tentative itinerary for our Myanmar course. We are so excited to start our journey together in just about two weeks. So, without further ado: September Orientation in Bangkok & Bagan We......Read More
Myanmar has been welcome by international communities due to its recent political reformed. As the country emerges from a long period of isolation, visitors now have the chance to come and experience its wonderful for themselves, but there are more......Read More
Some Notes on Packing! Please look at pages 36-39 on packing in your Course Preparation Manual. First off, don’t stress too much about packing. It’s definitely a skill that comes with time and practice, and it’s not an unfixable problem if......Read More
Hi friends, Let’s have our electronics talk! First, our policies and guidelines: Not permitted to use while on course: cell phones, computers, iPads/other tablets, and iPod Touch. Permitted: cameras, music players and e-Readers (only those without......Read More
Myanmar has been welcome by international communities due to its recent political reform. As the country emerges from a long period of isolation, visitors now have the chance to come and experience its wonderful for themselves, but there are more to......Read More
Greetings, new Dragons! In just a few weeks, we’ll begin our journey together in the golden land of Myanmar. What an incredible time this is to visit and learn from a place and people in a moment of remarkable change! As the barriers of travel......Read More
