Myanmar Kyats $$$$

Money is hilarious in Myanmar - no ATMs, no credit cards, no teeny tiny fades, wrinkles or tears in your $US dollars, no $100 bills with the wrong serial number, change only on the street (never in a bank where exchange rate is 50% worse)...

Myanmar - Yangon & Mandalay

January 18th 2007
This blog by Lucas Jac and I would agree that Myanmar was one of the most DIFFERENT places we have been on this planet. A true melting pot with Chinese, Shan, Bangladeshi, numerous hilltribes and Burmese inhabitants, as well as more monks per square meter than anywhere else in the world, makes for an interesting cultural mix, and perhaps thankfully, it is totally cut off from Western influence. ... read more

Asia » Burma » Yangon Region » Yangon

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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