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October 17th 2012
To continue where I left of - I took an overnight (understand arriving early morning 3am) bus to Taunggyi but somehow persuaded the driver to drop me off in Shwenyuang. The bus I took looked more like the one I expected before. During the travel I had to make up a boyfriend because one eager young boy wanted to chat with me but spoke little English and kept repeating if I was single. As expecte ... 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