Sunrise

The Ayeyarwady River and Bagan

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March 2nd 2014
The river is a main thoroughfare in Burma flowing from north of Mandalay down through Yangon to the delta...2170 km. As it is winter (?) there and the dry season the water levels are down significantly and that impacts travel . People who choose to travel from Yangon north have to catch a bus for part of the journey . It will get drier still as the rains won't come until May . Bagan is an a ... read more

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan

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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