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Southeast Asia Trip Report–Destination Myanmar (Burma)

"Intha Style" boats are family cars for the villagers living on Inle Lake. Here the father takes his daughter to school and his wife to market before beginning his day fishing.After a busy five days in Cambodia we reluctantly took our leave and jetted off to Myanmar. After a short connection in the Bangkok airport (Bill was ecstatic to find they had Durian ice cream there but the foot massages were a bigger hit with most of the folks) we arrived in Yangon (formerly Rangoon and still the largest city in Myanmar) in time to see sunset on the way into town. We get asked a lot about whether it is difficult to get permission to travel in Myanmar and the answer is absolutely not—tourists are welcomed. And once there no country has friendlier people…


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Burma: The Land That Time Forgot

Burma: The Land That Time Forgot

Sunrise in Bagan, Myanmar
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Just the name Burma conjures up images of hot jungles and bitter conflict. One of the most deadly theaters of WWII Burma was a place much in the news and on everyone�s mind in that period. Then, renamed Myanmar and taken over by a virtual lynch mob of generals who have suspended elections after placing their elected president under house arrest the country has increasingly become a throwback to a different time.

Unlike neighboring Thailand and China, Myanmar has largely been left out of the Asian economic boom because of its insular and repressive government and backwards economic policies--amplified by a US trade embargo. The result is a country with many modern issues but set in a nearly historic backdrop.

Visiting Burma (Myanmar)

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DPS 6-02: Images of Cambodia, Going Beyond the Postcard

Images of Cambodia: Going beyond the Postcard + New Cameras Announced for PMA

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DPS 6-02: Images of Cambodia:
Going beyond the Postcard + New Cameras Announced for PMA

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