Strand hotel....not sure it worth 500usd a night seeing the traffic in front of the hotel...and 500usd a night in such a place is borderline to be indecent!

Yangon...Shwedagon, generators...and amazingly friendly people

April 9th 2010
I seem to have few problems to publish this entry. Sorry for this, but I'm trying again. I've been living in Asia since 1996 and never set foot in Burma. So why now? Maybe because the stand of the opposition seems to be changing slightly in view of outside visitors. I've been to Zimbabwe and the case of Burma is somewhere similar. You can visit here, and make a difference for the local populati ... read more

Asia » Burma » Yangon Region » Yangon

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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