The view from my breakfast table looking over the rice fields in Toungoo

BURMA!!!!!

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September 17th 2006
Woo Woo!!!! Phils back alive and well, some people thought I wouldn't make it out alive and even my own brother arranged a funeral for more fearing, or even hoping for, the worst. But Burma did not defeat the man of steel and after 28 days he returns to Bangkok! I boarded the plane in India heading for Rangoon the capital of Burma. However they forgot to tell me that the direct flight had chan ... 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