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February 20th 2010
Published: March 21st 2010
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Some of the details of some of the local characters in this blog and the next two blogs may or may not have been changed to protect their identity. As you'd know, I'm back in Melbourne now, finished travelling. I couldn't keep up my blog because my computer broke down in Myanmar, and then after I got it fixed it broke again in Lombok. Most of this was written during those few days where it was ... Read Full Entry



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Daniel Gerber
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UPDATE (April 2013) This site was the blog I kept for my long-term travels, mainly through Asia, in 2009-2010. I'm not maintaining it any more. I've done numerous trips since then but haven't kept them on this blog. I did run my own blog for a year but unfortunately lost that data. END UPDATE For those who're not familiar with blogs, note that this part is only my profile, the blog entries are linked from the bottom of this page (or subscribe, so you'll always know when I have a new one) Having always dreamed about travel, previously mainly done it as three-week or four-week sort... full info
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Yangon - downtownYangon - downtown
Yangon - downtown
some colonial-era government building
Yangon - downtownYangon - downtown
Yangon - downtown
office blocks
Yangon - downtownYangon - downtown
Yangon - downtown
Independence monument, with the high court building in the background
Yangon - Sule pagodaYangon - Sule pagoda
Yangon - Sule pagoda
Sule paya (pagoda) in the centre of town
Yangon - downtownYangon - downtown
Yangon - downtown
I think this is a bank
Yangon - churchYangon - church
Yangon - church
the big cities have a fair few churches. This one looks Catholic but is in fact Baptist
Yangon - mosqueYangon - mosque
Yangon - mosque
there's a lot of mosques particularly in the SE. This mosque is in the centre of Yangon, next to sule pagoda
Yangon - rubbishYangon - rubbish
Yangon - rubbish
the little laneway out the back of our hotel - taken from the fire escape.
Yangon - synagogueYangon - synagogue
Yangon - synagogue
inside a small synagogue
Yangon - english language schoolYangon - english language school
Yangon - english language school
Adam deep in conversation about the USA with a few students at the English language school we visited
Yangon - downtownYangon - downtown
Yangon - downtown
I forget what this is
Yangon - pagodaYangon - pagoda
Yangon - pagoda
you're not allowed to be armed either!
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi TempleYangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Reclining buddha
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi TempleYangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
the Buddha has perfect toeprints
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi TempleYangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi TempleYangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi TempleYangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
Yangon - Chaukhtatgyi Temple
a sculptor carves the image of a nat (pre-Buddhist animist deity)
YangonYangon
Yangon
I don't remember what we were discussing but it looks important!
Yangon - busYangon - bus
Yangon - bus
touts love to harass tourists at the bus stations
Kyaiktiyo Kyaiktiyo
Kyaiktiyo
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Kyaiktiyo
the famous rock ... hmm...



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