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The Real Capital of Burma – Mandalay, Burma
The Real Capital of Burma
Mandalay, Burma
Thank the heavens for Roy Keane and James Bond. Without them I would have a lot of explaining to do. The very first thing that a Burmese person will ask you is your name and where you are from – standard polite procedure, but not necessarily an ea
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The Many Faces of Burma – Mynamar
The Many Faces of Burma
Burma
My first accomplishment in Burma was to knowingly break the law. Our decrepit Air Mandalay plane bounced uncertainly onto the runway in Rangoon and its 40 or so disembarking passengers blinked into the hot afternoon sun. I was feeling uneasy. My decision to come he
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The Monk Revolution – Myanmar
The Monk Revolution
Myanmar
We were walking barefoot up Mandalay Hill, to see the sunset over Myanmar’s second largest city, when two monks saw us and stopped in their tracks. By then I was used to being stared at, and Denzil, with his black skin, was always a visual feast in Southeast A
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Myanmar Travel Facts
The Basics
Country: Myanmar
Where is it?: Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in southeastern Asia, between Bangladesh and Thailand.
Why do people go here?: Most people who head to Myanmar want to really get off the beaten path and explore a country that is isolated and repressed. There is hu
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Mostly Unfunny, But Necessary Introduction – Myanmar
Mostly Unfunny, But Necessary Introduction
Myanmar
When I hatched last minute plans for a quick jaunt into Myanmar, I innocently resolved to focus my writings solely on Myanmar’s tourism elements, ignoring the already well documented problems of poverty, human rights abuses and unchecked,
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Yangon Part One – I Got Yer Culture Shock Right Here – Yangon, Myanmar
Yangon Part One - I Got Yer Culture Shock Right Here
Yangon, Myanmar
After enduring a metaphoric hernia of Ugly Tourists in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, I naively presumed that my time in an off-the-beaten-path, still emerging tourist destination like Myanmar would be a welcome rep
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Yangon Part Two – Tourist Or Walking Oddity? – Yangon, Myanmar
Yangon Part Two - Tourist Or Walking Oddity?
Yangon, Myanmar
The next day Toe collected me at Motherland 20 minutes late (admirably punctual by Myanmar standards) and we headed out in search of cultural excitement. We started at a market/bazaar that was only a short walk from Motherland tha
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Inle Lake Part One – Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride – Inle Lake, Mynamar
Inle Lake Part One - “Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride”
Inle Lake, Myanmar
Before I left Bangkok, I made Herculean efforts to buy tickets on two domestic Myanmar flights. This task was vital because I knew I would be pressed for time during my short stint in Myanmar and as much as
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Inle Lake Part Two – How Long Can you Tread Water? – Inle Lake, Mynamar
Inle Lake Part Two - How Long Can you Tread Water?
Inle Lake, Mynamar
At 7:30 a.m. the next morning I exited my room into the refreshingly the cool haze and walked through the gauntlet of jabbering lake guides and touts along the river to my arranged boat at the far end of town. I was mildl
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Mandalay Part One – The Goon Squad Cometh – Mandalay, Myanmar
Mandalay Part One - The Goon Squad Cometh
Mandalay, Myanmar
Despite having paid extra for what the notorious Mr. China described as the “nicer bus,” there was a conspicuous lack of improvement on the Inle to Mandalay bus over the bus that had delivered me from Yangon. There were
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Mandalay Part Two – The Amazing Race – Mandalay, Myanmar
Mandalay Part Two - The Amazing Race
Mandalay, Myanmar
The next morning I was up early and back on the bike. I had a lot of ground to cover. I intended to hit Mingon and Amarapura, two “ancient cities” on the outskirts of Mandalay and tack on visits to two more religious sites t
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Bagan Part One – Kissing Spiritual Ass – Bagan, Myanmar
Bagan Part One - Kissing Spiritual Ass
Bagan, Myanmar
Since I was awake for the bulk of the train trip from Mandalay to Bagan - I don’t really count three second blink naps - I spent a great deal of my time pondering the only other Pinkie on the train. The guy was in full-
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Bagan Part Two – How to Stew Your Own Brain – Bagan, Myanmar
Bagan Part Two - How to Stew Your Own Brain
Bagan, Myanmar
I was up at 7:00 the next morning in an effort to get in the bulk of my Greater Bagan touring before the mid-day heat reached capacity. I ate breakfast on Eden’s second floor, open air balcony. Any other time of the day, t
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Yangon Again and Interview With a Myanmar – Yangon, Myanmar
Yangon Again and Interview With a Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar
I stockpiled an unfathomable thirteen blissful hours of sleep the night I returned to Yangon and the comforts of Motherland Inn II. I never thought I would sleep like that again after the sleep deprivation torment I had put myself throug
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Myanmar – Day Return Only – Myanmar
Myanmar – Day Return Only
Myanmar
There’s something about borders that’s always fascinated me. Perhaps it’s the excitement of entering another country, or perhaps it’s the patent absurdity of drawing a line on the map and saying that one patch of dirt belongs to on
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Buses in Myanmar – Yangon to Mandalay, Myanmar
I was headed to Mandalay with Lauren, Yana, and Nathan, the Aussies I met in Yangon, via a 12-hour overnight bus ride. The bus was first class meaning it had air conditioning, no toilet, though. We didn’t know that when we signed up.
After arriving at the bus station, the agent showed me
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Myanmar Experience – Myanmar, Asia
As I came off the plane in Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, fresh from the mega modern city of Bangkok, I could feel that I had stepped into a land forgotten, a still timeless world, barely struggling to enter the modern age.
Yangon is a busy, dirty, sprawling capital with a decidedly Indian
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The Ice Maker of Burma – Myanmar, Asia
I met the "ice maker " in the city of Kengtung in northeastern Shan State Myanmar. He was a 72-year-old Burmese adventurer, retired physics teacher, headmaster, one time glider pilot, part time tour guide, full time gossip dashing ladies' man. The Ice Maker and me after drinking l
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The Night Express to Myitkyina – Myanmar, Asia
I am about to embark on a trip that I have been planning for months. with mild trepidation. I board the night express train from Mandalay to Myitkyina. Myitkyina is located in Kachin State; a semi autonomous region in northern Myanmar. It's also the last stop on the line heading north.
The
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Touring in a Troubled Paradise – Myanmar, Asia
“Why go to a country with such a repressive
government?” asked our friends when they heard of our plans to visit Myanmar
(formerly Burma). “We’re not going to
legitimize the government or lend support to it; in fact, we plan to avoid supporting
the government in any way possible” was our respo
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