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Camping options have become plentiful in Yangon region. (Mother's Village Campground / Facebook)

Craving a mini-getaway only an hour or two from Yangon? Myanmar Mix has you covered.

Street vendors wait for customers in front of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Five of the best Myanmar-centric podcasts, from producers both local and overseas, for your listening pleasure.

Indian and Gurkha soldiers inspect captured Japanese ordnance during the Imphal-Kohima battle, 1944. (The National Archives UK)

Dr Robert Lyman guides viewers through the Japanese invasion of Burma in this innovate online series.

Painter Ba G depicts a cow calving in the Tay Bon Mar exhibition at Myanm/art. (Supplied)

While many of us worked our way through the entire Netflix library during the coronavirus lockdown, three friends used the canvas to explore the meaning of life and death.

Top row left to right: Jerrÿ Jay, LCYTN and Yung Hugo. Bottom row left to right: The Peacists and Way. (Supplied)

From rap and hip-hop to soft acoustic beats, the new generation of Myanmar musicians have some exciting work in the pipeline. 

London's Natural History Museum is offering free virtual tours. (Neil Howard / Flickr)

You can social distance yourself from insanity and boredom with a vast library of entertainment and educational resources that organisations across the world are offering for free during this unprecedented time.

 A sculpture by Soe Yu Nwe based on the Naga Mae Daw, the goddess of serpent dragons.

A talented artist will bring some mythical creatures of Burmese mythology to life in a new Yangon exhibition exploring identity this week.

  Check out art exhibition “A Chauk” in downtown Yangon to see the bottom half of this painting, titled "Flower Eating Demon," by Richie Htet, also known as Zwe Htet.

Bold colour tones, lustful stares, and erect willies.

A view of the grand villa. (Lim Chin Tsong Palace / Facebook)

The cultural event is good news for the future of this unique Yangon landmark.

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