Me in Burma

I Heart Burma

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August 17th 2007
Despite the deep moral dillemas attached with going to Burma (i.e. tourism helping to fund a corrupt goverment which among other things bans the Internet among its citizens, and has child soldiers), I decided that it worth a few hours of a look-around, as long as I was careful in what I did. While most of the group decided to go to visit the long-neck karen tribe (the ones with rings around the ... 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