Burma (Myanmar) travel stories

SE Asia 2004 (part IV)

People in Myanmar (formerly Burma) still wear traditional "longui" even as its neighbors abandon their sari and sarong for Levis and miniskirts. You can't buy a McWhopper or use a cell phone or...

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Significance Of Myanmar Names

There are various ways of naming system in every country according to their religion, tradition and custom. In western countries, peoples have Christian names and surnames. In Myanmar, we don’t...

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Myanmar Wedding Ceremony

Myanmar has three happiest days in their life days in their lifetime. Wedding day, the last day of the monk hood and releasing from jail”. Of these occasions, today I would like to present you a...

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November 10th: The New Light of Myanmar

In Mandalay I take the boat to Mingun, an "ancient city" north on the Irrawaddy riverbanks. The town welcomes me and two other tourists with a signboard "Welcome in Mingun". We instinctively unders...

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November 2nd: Twilight over Burma

From the airplane I can see the shimmering reflection of the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, a promising entrée to this new country. Waiting for immigration I adjust my watch, half an hour back this time...

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