A typical street in downtown Yangon

Backpacking around Burma, Yangon

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November 26th 2012
My very first sight of Burma was its modern steel and glass airport, an ominous sign that I might have arrived too late. Burma, or should I say the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, was clearly ready to welcome the fascinated world it shut out these last fifty odd years. But as I scanned the width of the tarmac, I realized that there was just one other airline and it was a local one. Perhaps I am ... 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