Not quite a page turner

The Kuthodaw Pagoda contains the world's largest book, but not really a book as we know it. Each white thing (kyauksa gu - stone inscription caves) contains a slab with text on, this is a book apparently, not convinced myself.

Come you back, come you back to Mandalay.. (Myanmar Pt 2)

September 3rd 2016
And so our journey through the furnace of Myanmar continued, we flew from the delightfully named Heho and touched down in the less easy to say Nyaung U airport. The reason for arriving at this odd sounding place was it was the local airport for the famed archeological area of Bagan (the Angkor Wat of Myanmar or so they say). One tip to remember if you ever find yourself arriving in Nyaung U is the ... read more

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan

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

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