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Men in Skirts???  (Dec 20 '06)
"A few dollars for the teacher and there's no problem with exams."
As Internet access in fairly hit and miss in Myanmar, all entries are written after my return to Thailand. My route took me all the way ...
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Early start for the Yangon train and this time a member of the railway staff took me to my coach and seat. Slightly nicer train but still a long tiring journey. This trip was most memorable for the ...
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Yangon city  (Nov 14 '06)
"Beware of men wearing trousers."
Traders Hotel is part of the Shangri La group, a very posh business hotel ($75 a night for a very smart room). Alas, my room did not have view of the famous Shwedagon ...
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Yangon  (Sep 27 '06)
Myanmar desconectado Yangon - Mandalay - Bagan (8/10/2006) Todas las fotos de Myanmar aqui en HTML o Flash Ayer se fue Katia despues de 12 dias de viaje juntos y aqui estoy, solo en el ...
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Rangoon, Burma  (Feb 08 '99)
Flying across the Bay of Bengal at sunset in a Thai Airways a300, you could see glowing fires scattered across the earth of rice fields set ablaze... in the two weeks I spent in Burma, it ...
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The Golden Land Must Remain Golden  (Oct 17 '07)
""...But the golden dome said: ‘This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.’""
"...But the golden dome said: ‘This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know ...
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Day 19: A monastery mission  (Oct 16 '07)
"I decided it would be innocent enough to accidentally get off at the wrong stop in South Okkala."
I had a rough idea where the Ngwe Jar Yan monastery was, but I didn’t know what to expect. I felt it ...
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Day 18: Yangon on a sandal-string  (Oct 15 '07)
"Shwedagon towered about the city, a solid gold spire topped with diamonds you could look at through a free telescope."
Yangon wasn’t in a condition that had encouraged exploration the last time I had ...
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Day 1: World's fastest immigration  (Sep 28 '07)
"Desperate for a travel adapter, I hailed a taxi and began the most intense shopping experience of my life."
Four am starts were to become a trend. I rolled out of my Bangkok bed, crawled into a taxi, ...
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Yangon arrival  (Nov 14 '06)
Stage fright? I did not sleep well, so out of the hotel early and used a combination of the subway and public bus to get to the new airport. It is a 30 to 40 minutes taxi ride from the hotel, but my ...
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