Burma (Myanmar) travel stories

Yangon, Bago, Golden Rock, Inle Lake Festival, Mandalay, Hsipaw, Pagodas of Bagan

Yangon I caught the short 1-hour flight to Yangon, Myanmar. After passing through customs one is required to exchange US$200 for 200 FEC's - Foreign Exchange Certificates. Basically it&...

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Shwedagon (Myanmar )

Shwedagon I had been here once in 1973 so I kept my second visit to the legendary Shwedagon Pagoda for the end, just before leaving for India. According to the legend, the original stupa on this s...

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Bago (Myanmar )

Bago The Mon people who had migrated into southern Thailand from western China in the 6th century controled the Bago area in the 8th but their capital Thaton was overrun by the Burman Bagan Kingdo...

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Myanmar

Lawkawnanda Lawkananda pagoda was built in 1059 by Anawratha (1044-1077) in Thiripyitsaya on the riverside of the Ayeyerwady, to enshrine a replica of the holy tooth relic sent to him by the king o...

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Bagan-Popa (Myanmar)

Ayeyarwady River Bagan is a restful 11 hour cruise downstream from Mandalay. It leaves at 6am and gets there at 5 pm so bring a book for there is not much else to do but read. The boat stops here ...

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