Tag: yangon

Flickr Picture Albums from Recent Trip to ASEAN, India, and Nepal

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Flickr picture links: Favs from Asia 2018 (smaller collection than Best of Asia) Best of Asia 2018 Portrait of ASEAN food 2018   Nepal 2018 India 2018 Thailand 2018 Laos 2018 Cambodia 2018 Vietnam 2018 Myanmar 2018   Inle Lake 2018 (Myanmar) Mandalay 2018 (Myanmar) Bagan 2018 (Myanmar) Yangon 2018 (Myanmar) Hoi An 2018 (Vietnam) […]

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Yangon – The Colonial Capital

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Background; Myanmar has had empires and been attacked/occupied by others building empires themselves, including: Mongolians, Chinese, Japanese, and the British. Myanmar has also experienced significant cultural influence from India, has had interaction on the border with Thailand, and from time to time been on trading routes in the ancient world. Homo Erectus may have been […]

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One more sleep before I take to the air

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‘Twas the night before I be traveling, When all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, Not even a spouse. I start to think of distance that would be far, But before I finish packing, I read on my phone, With iron rods they have been whacking, Yangon women they had already been sacking, […]

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