Burma (Myanmar) travel stories

Burma 2003 [1]

RANGOON (YANGON) Saturday, November 8 Disappointment My Burmese friends back home had promised me a warm welcome at my arrival in Rangoon. Their families would receive me in their hom...

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Burma

Myanmar or Burma is an extremely interesting place and has some lovely things to see. However it is somewhere with horrendous human rights abuses and most of the populace are kept in poverty by a c...

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Myanmar 2001 - Part Five - The details

Boring but Necessary The first step was getting a visa. I called the Myanmar Embassy in Washington D.C. and they gave me the URL of their web site (which has since closed) where I downloaded a c...

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Myanmar 2001 - Part Four - Yangon and Bangkok

Yangon, Sunday, February 18 In the morning I was delighted to discover that my cold was gone - there was no need to make another trip to the pharmacist. Outside I found The Mg Aye Lay, my trisha...

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Myanmar 2001 - Part Three - Mandalay, 3 Ancient Cities and Mingun

Mandalay, Thursday, February 15 To my great disappointment, I woke with a sore throat. Usually if I'm going to get a respiratory infection, it happens just after I arrive or when I first get...

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