From Mukilteo to Myanmar – the wild goose chase to track down my former English teacher, Coz, is a success.

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I’ve left Japan and followed a lead on Coz to Myanmar, where the local friendliness will leave you covered in guano (but literally on Coz’s doorstep).

Friends recently moved to Tokyo for work. For now, it’s more than they bargained for, but I gladly did some sightseeing on their behalf.

My friend Dave joined me on the podcast in Beijing to talk about traveling in breakaway republics and countries that end in ‘stan.’