Myanmar

Myanmar 4

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March 14th 2015
The next day we were taken by taxi on an expedition to Mount Popa. On the way we were taken to a local village to see how they collect palm wine, and make it into gin and palm sugar products. It was interesting to compare it to the production of palm wine in West Africa where they don’t go in for making the sugar products but just stick to the alcohol!!!Mount Popa is famous for its 77 ... read more

Asia » Burma

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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