Faded colonial delights #873

Of Painted Faces and Wacky Races

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October 15th 2011
Yangon Part One. We walked out of the main entrance of our hotel and turned left; jumping over the open ditch between the paving slabs that cover the sewerage system and carefully watching where each foot fell to avoid further obstacles, holes and debris. The pavement stopped abruptly after a few metres and we took to the roadside, a mixture of gravel, mud and rapidly crumbling asphalt. A f ... 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