Carpet of Pagodas!

Adventures with the 'Bare Knees' People!!

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February 2nd 2016
It's 8.30 am and, having had a hearty breakfast and lashings of black coffee, I am wondering how on earth we got here! Our body clocks have been liquidised and our brains are envelloped in a blanket of soggy lemon cotton wool. Outside there is the continual tooting of traffic like audible punctuation marks in the humid air. Through the window the Shwadagon Temple is ablaze with early morning golde ... 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