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Taking to the long-boat around Inle Lake

April 7th 2010
And so to one of the more interesting days I’ve had in my entire travels - taking most of the day cruising in a powered long-boat around Inle Lake, which is about 200km SE of Mandalay. By way of intro, Inle Lake is some 20km long and 10km wide, with the lakeshore and lake islands home to 17 separate villages on stilts, that are home for some 70,000 people, primarily of Intha origin. The lake ac ... read more

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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

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Joan & Neil

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Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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