Day 7 - Mandalay 20151015_005246

Day 7 - Mandalay

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October 15th 2015
Up and at it at 5am for our flight from Bagan to Mandalay. We arrived just after 8 and we're being cheered on by taxi drivers trying to get our business. We pick a taxi company and are wished off. Mandalay has a lot of flooding from the rains that are ending but to our surprise is a little more modern than Yangon but still is full of poverty and when you head to the outskirts you really se ... 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