Published by Pan Wei Wei & Asia House Publishing 2012, 2012
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
8vo. Softcover. 212pp. Line drawings by author. near fine. The Native Tourist - In Search of Turtle Eggs. Pilgrimages are the holiday trips of the Myanmar people. it is part religious fervor, part tourism, part family holiday and part trade; thus out of it was coined the proverb "To go on a pilgrimage and search for turtle eggs". This book is about one such trip, native as a tourist, one woman's pilgrimage to discovery. It is about the ordinary Myanmar people, their lives, their beliefs and their hopes.