Money

While your US dollars must be brand new (which causes complications when there's no way of changing Travellers Cheques or using visa & there's no ATM's), your piles of local Kyat can be as dirty as you like. Yangon

"We're praying for our leader to die"

February 3rd 2007
Rangoon/Yangon It's not quite what you expect in a country where the people's kindness & generosity is second to none, but Burma is a land full of contradictions. A few days before leaving this stunning country, one of our student friends remarked that despised leader of the military government, Than Shwe, had recently been in Singapore undergoing treatment for what is believed to be c ... 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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