Street vendors

I thought I had found a girl with no makeup, but if you look closely, you can see it. Every woman here - and quite a few men - wears this ground wood on her face and many wear it on necks, ears, arms etc.

Yangon - first impressions

May 8th 2006
Arriving in the plane the city looked more like suburban Adelaide than a bustling city of five million, with a few street lamps and huge dark patches with no lights. Later I was to read the sign in my hotel that stated that power was often cut between 6am and 2pm, or from 6pm to 2am, or other hours. The International airport here made the ones in Vientaine and Kathmandu look ultra-modern. I ... 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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