Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID

33. Myanmar Voices, Burma - David Harden

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Travelling through Myanmar I was struck by, and fascinated with, the musical timbre of the Burmese language. Many of my recordings were of public announcements in train stations, airports and the Taunggyi Fire Balloon Festival. This short podcast opens with ambient sounds of Bagan waking up. Then to a Yangon train station announcer and after: a MC at the Taunggyi Fire Balloon Festival before ending with a young guide, Jonny, who burst into song while we rested in a hamlet on trek above the old hill station town of Kalaw.  David Harden started travelling aged sixteen when he hitch-hiked to Greece from London during a school summer holiday. After leaving school he set out from the UK to travel overland to Australia, but only made it as far as Afghanistan. After working in the corporate world (for fifteen long years) he has returned to what drives him forward the most: recording sounds, taking photographs and travel. His website: travelwornsatchel.com has a collection of sounds and photographs from his travels. Instagram & Twitter - davidharden123 and his Travel Worn Satchel Podcast is available to download via most podcast players. Blog / website: travelwornsatchel.comInstagram: davidharden123