Rangoon

Bumbling Around Burma - Part I

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February 27th 2011
Wasn’t going to blog, but with a weekend off work in the outback with an abundance of nothing to do I decided to reminiscence upon my journey to Burma. General reasoning for not blogging? Time, inspiration (lack of), all round laziness and also the boiling down to the fact that having travelled around south-east Asia on and off now for the past 4 years or so it just doesn’t come across as so o ... read more

Asia » Burma » Yangon Region » Yangon

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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