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Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [901]
Yangon, Mandalay, the Ayeyarwady river, the Shan states, how much magic and dreaming is associated with those names. They conjure up exotic and mysterious images, strange and faraway lands at the crossroads of the gulf of Bengal, the start of the Himalayas, ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By BigTripBlog | Views [4016]
Whether or not you should travel to Myanmar
(or Burma) is still debated. If you are unaware of the situation there,
basically the government is harsh and repressive, and the leader of the
National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi ,
has ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 30 May 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [5190] | Comments [1]
All to pick up a parcel, one I've spent over 4 months waiting for. It turns out it's already on its way back to England - thank you parcelforce. Life is spent sorting out where to go next, watching films and experiencing the world of Kao San Road. ... Read more >
Tags: ruins
Sat, 26 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1117]
We saved the most majestic site for last... The grand Shwedagon Paya in Yangon. From afar, you'd think you might be near Disney's magic kingdom. This glittering golden monument rises 98 meters and can be seen throughout the city. It's over 2500 years ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 25 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1162]
As if we haven't had enough torturous bus rides here, we again opted to put ourselves through it again. 15 hours, no A/C, windows that don't open, and a busload of betel-nut spitting zealots... Yep, our last bus ride in Myanmar, from Bagan to Yangon ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Thu, 24 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1022]
Another scorcher today, I was feeling a little better after managing to keep some toast in me, so we decided to rent a couple of bicycles to explore the ancient sites. The hotel rented beach-cruiser type bikes equipped with baskets and bells. We spent ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 24 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [831]
Behind the big beautiful smiles and cheerful "hello's" and "mingalaba's", several locals told us that the Burmese people are generally sad and troubled. They used to fight it, but have been so crushed, both physically and psychologically ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 23 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1052]
Looking out over the land here in Bagan, it's a surreal landscape... with thousands upon thousands of Buddhist monuments protruding up into the sky. It's like having landed on the moon, it's that unusual. A 100 degree Fahrenheit day, with next to 90 ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 22 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [902] | Comments [1]
As if we hadn't had enough of the bus, we took another to Bagan from Mandalay. We had wanted to take the full day boat, but it didn't leave for a few days because it's low tourist season now. Our bus this time was truly a local experience. We thought ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Mon, 21 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1072]
We had the opportunity to be taken into a local town today by our driver, for a special local Burmese meal. While we've had the ah so tasty roadside bus pit stop meals at local diners, that really doesn't count as a home cooked meal. We got served up ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Mon, 21 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [927]
We have outdone our Indian experience of being the tourist attraction for the locals here in Mandalay. So much so, that the local girls wanting their picture with us - after working up the nerve to ask us, ended up blowing it up into a glossy postcard ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Sun, 20 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2645]
We opted to take a "share taxi" to Mandalay, as the cost was similar to that which we would pay for a bus, and we're kind of burned out on Myanmar busses at the moment. Not sure quite what to expect, we half thought it might be a van with a ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Sat, 19 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1024]
We awoke early to the sound of long-tail boat motors revving up and speeding down the river channel en route to another days work. Life on the river and lake buzzes with activity. Men stand in long, narrow wooden long-tail boats scooping out massive ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Fri, 18 May 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [930]
The road to Inle was no different than all the other non-maintained roads in Myanmar; big potholes, curving narrow strips of road. We boarded a local bus in Kalaw (as if we hadn't had enough bus experience our last trip) and they packed it full, inside ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
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