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Myanmar5

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March 14th 2015
Unfortunately, having got up at 4.30 in order to get good seats the starter motor of our boat wouldn't work so they ended up giving us back our money and the four of us shared a taxi up to Mandalay. On the way I saw what looked like a rocket launcher in the far distance, and then we realised that it was in fact the newly built second tallest Buddha in the world. The largest is in China but t ... 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