Cool colonial hillside station Ping U Lin and the remote Shan kingdom Hsipaw (15.-19.10.08)
October 16th 2008 Transport in Myanmar counts as one of the worst on the globe. Therefore the plan was right from the beginning to travel only short distances and few places. The run down taxis in Yangon give the first impression, later the old Japanese government and school buses. Travel speed with buses is around 40-50 km/h and the train manages modest 25 km/h. This can be less on bad roads or minor train lines
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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 wa... ... read more 
