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Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to 1988, first as military ruler, then as self-appointed president, and later as political kingpin. Despite multiparty legislative elections in 1990 that resulted in the main opposition party - the National League for Democracy (NLD) - winning a landslide victory, the ruling junta refused to hand over power. NLD leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, who was under house arrest from 1989 to 1995 and 2000 to 2002, was imprisoned in May 2003 and is currently under house arrest. In December 2004, the junta announced it was extending her detention for at least an additional year. Her supporters, as well as all those who promote democracy and improved human rights, are routinely harassed or jailed. To be updated

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By Bamarlay
March 9th 2009

Small, cheap and friendly guesthouse in Bagan Asia » Burma » Bagan

There is an article about a small but friendly guesthouse in Bagan, Myanmar on Myanmar2day's website. Bagan is a major tourist destination in Myanmar and it is sometimes quite difficult to get a nice but cheap guesthouse in Bagan. The article describes about a small, cheap and friendly guesthouse in Bagan. Read the full article at Small friendly guesthouse in Bagan. [View Full Entry]

By Anja and Uros
March 6th 2009

Myanmar (Burma) - Country where there is always room for one more person on a bus :) Asia » Burma

Bangkok

Hey hey! OK...so the first part is after us! Myanmar, the country of numerous stupas and pagodas and especially friendly people was G R E A T. So if we start from the beginning...after the 15 hour flight we landed in Bangkok where we experienced temperature shock...we came from Slovenia to here on a 30 degrees difference so you can image how that feels like...SWEATING all the time :). We stayed in Bangkok just for 2 days and then caught a flight to Yangoon. First impression - chaotic city...everything is on the move, the streets are packed with people selling almost [View Full Entry]

By Sepulchre
March 6th 2009

On the road to and finally at... Mandalay Asia » Burma » Mandalay

Sunset at teakwood bridge

"On the road to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay, With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay! On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!" - Excerpt, "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling, 1892 Wiki Facts: Mandalay is the second largest city (after Yangon - Rangoon), and a former capital of Myanmar. Mandalay is not an old city, not even a medieval one, but rather a new city that was crea [View Full Entry]

By Sepulchre
March 1st 2009

Floating on Inle Lake Asia » Burma » Inle Lake

Indein - Inle Lake

Vampires and fishermen Sorry for the lack of photos so far - no CD drives in Internet cafe's here in Myanmar The next morning John and I hired a motor boat to take us around the lake for the day. We split the cost and that is one of the boons of traveling together with someone, it mitigates the desire to go independent, which I certainly had at the time. We managed to avoid the commission system of the hotels and boatmen, mainly because the vampireish woman who ran the Teakwood Hotel was so pushy and in your face about asking [View Full Entry]

By Sepulchre
February 27th 2009

Cops and Crappy Bus Journeys Asia » Burma » Kalaw

And starring...the Junta!

Don't worry, we didn't get arrested in Pyinmana, but I felt intimidated by the police presence. I say "I" because John G didn't really notice anything out of the ordinary that was going on. I did. First we were made to give our passports over by rather stern looking older men standing around in a very unrelaxed way, in direct contrast to the friendly experiences of Myanmar so far. They looked intently at our passports and visas as we sat nervously on some seats. Then our passports were photocopied multiple times whilst some short arsed sinister bloke arrived and asked us [View Full Entry]

By Sepulchre
February 27th 2009

Treking in the Shan Asia » Burma » Kalaw

Pindaya market women

Pindaya and Kalaw-Inle Lake trek The next morning we had granular 3 in 1 coffee mix, sweet bread (again) and some jam - not very good food, but it's free and nutrition is what it is and I never really mind. The owners of the guest house were third generation Indian Sikhs from the Punjab, who had come with the British to Kalaw and who had never been to India. The female matriarch spoke good English (as they all do in Kalaw because of the British colonial era and missionaries who were active in the area with schools. She suggested we [View Full Entry]

By Sepulchre
February 26th 2009

Horrendous travel journeys in Myanmar Asia » Burma » Irrawaddy River

View from train northwards

So we left Mandalay, a busy and bustling city with an American grid system that is hard to use if I'm honest, having not done it in a while. We were absolute aliens at the platform, so many people sitting around on the floor of the platform, staring at us, monks, peeps, country bumpkins, oh, and the undercover police. Yeh, that's right, the police again. Well, this time we both agreed, sat in “Upper class” - a bloody joke if you ask me, a man was quite literally staring at us from the platform through the open windows of the train. [View Full Entry]

By Philopreis
February 24th 2009

Het Inlé-meer Asia » Burma » Inle Lake

Padaung

De 2 vorige bijdragen waren reeds gepubliceerd, maar zijn nu geheel bijgewerkt. Deze hadden jullie nog volledig tegoed, inclusief foto’s. Enjoy! 22/10/2009 One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things -- Henry Miller Dinsdag 24/02/2009 : Naar het Inlé-meer Zoals gewoonlijk vroeg uit de veren om onze binnenvlucht te halen van Mandalay naar Heho (Shan State), toegangspoort tot het Inle-meer. Eerst is er een bezoek gepland aan de beroemde Pyndaya-grotten, waar ruim 8.000 Boeddhabeeldjes, in de loop der jaren [View Full Entry]

By Sepulchre
February 23rd 2009

Losing our way northbound Asia » Burma » Bago

On the road to Mandalay...

Me again, So where was I? I ended that last entry really rather abruptly didn't I? Government informers pissing me off and all of that... Anyway, we've traveled north, just about. There was no point going south toward the Golden Rock pilgrimage site because of shitty bus times we'd have had to stay a night after getting there and another after we'd visited it as it's a hike up there that mountain plus the next bus left in the early afternoon. We jumped on a bus from Bago on the main road north but only after feeling the pressure of the [View Full Entry]

By Philopreis
February 23rd 2009

Noordelijke Shanstaat Asia » Burma » Pyin U Lwin

Longyi "body size fixed"

We zijn inmiddels bij het Inle-meer. Hier nog een reeks kiekjes van de voorbije dagen. Wat de tekst betreft zal ik heel wat moeten inhalen, maar ja! Dan volgen de foto's van Inle ook. Volledig bijgewerkt 22/10/2009 A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles - Tim Cahill Donderdag 19/02/2009 - van Mandalay naar Hsipaw Vandaag trekken we naar (weer) naar Shangebied. Nu langs de grote handelsroute naar China. Massa’s, meestal overladen, trucks. De weg is echter, naar Birmese normen, erg goed, en kronkelt zich in een aaneen [View Full Entry]

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