Day 8 leaving Mandalay and Phuket 20151015_222556

Day 8 leaving Mandalay and Phuket

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October 16th 2015
Today we leave Myanmar and head to Phuket Thailand. Before we go to the airport though we make a stop at a jade market which we thought was just jewellery. Well it was a total opposite and found out most jade is mined and traded in Myanmar and specifically Mandalay. When we got there we litter seen thousands of people with all sizes, shapes and colours of jade trying to sell it. The main buyers we ... 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