White Hmong husking rice

Hiking Myanmar

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May 28th 2009
We hiked 60 kilometers from Kalaw to Inle Lake over 3 days and two nights. Our first night we stayed in a village and the next night in a monastery. Okay, stop laughing. I know you can't imagine ME in a monastery. Luckily there was a store selling beer just down the road. ;-) There was very little forest to hike through thanks to slash and burn farming. The landscape was mostly of rollin ... read more

Asia » Burma

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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