Another sunset over the Irrawaddy

On the boat to Mandalay where the flying fishes play

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February 4th 2016
Apparently Kipling never went to Mandalay but as my Dad said before we came it's one of the 3 exotic sounding places people had heard of. I've been to Kathmandu and now we are going to Mandalay, I think I'll give Timbuktu a miss. The taxi picks us up at 4.30am and it's not until we are ready for getting on the ferry from Bagan that we realise the travel agent has given us tickets for the previo ... 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