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SeaBass wrote 2 days ago: Being Followed By Secret Agents Flying from Bangkok to Yangon is somewhat surreal. Until recently, t … more →

Tags: Burma, Myanmar, Shewdagon Pagoda

Myanmar, Day 2: Shwedagon By Day9 comments

Compass&Camera wrote 3 days ago: In 1889 Rudyard Kipling called the Shwedagon pagoda “… a beautiful winking wonder that b … more →

Tags: Travel, experience?, Beauty, Buddhism, Burma, Myanmar, rangoon, Shwedagon, Shwedagon Pagoda

Myanmar key to Look East Policy: says India's Prime Minister

Intercultural Resources wrote 3 days ago:   Though the vast majority of the tribal communities in the Northeastern part of India critically lo … more →

Tags: northeast india, India, New Delhi, Manmohan Singh, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Myanmar, "Look East Policy"

Myanmar to reintroduce visas on arrival next month for businessmen, conference-goers

Leopard Capital wrote 4 days ago: Visa-on-arrival will first be implemented at the Yangon International AirportReposted from The Bangk … more →

Tags: Myanmar (Burma) News, Myanmar, Naypyitaw, visas-on-arrival, Immigration Department Director-General Maung Maung Tha, Mandalay

The challenges of living in Burma: Electricity is a luxury

markinthetropics wrote 6 days ago: People protesting against power cuts in central Yangon Myanmar is a beautiful country. It’s bi … more →

Tags: Life in Burma, Burma, Myanmar, rangoon, Living in Myanmar, Living in Burma, electricity in Myanmar, electricity in Burma, power cuts in Myanmar

Myanmar, Day 1: Welcome to Yangon

Compass&Camera wrote 6 days ago: Yangon and the Shwedagon Pagoda from Sakura Tower We just returned from eight days in Myanmar, and t … more →

Tags: Travel, local color, experience?, Photography, Travel (2), Burma, Myanmar, 50th Street Cafe, bogyoke market

China plans to exploit power-shortage protests in Burma

Intercultural Resources wrote 6 days ago: Intolerant for electricity-power shortages, demonstrators have taken to the streets in several towns … more →

Tags: SOUTH EAST ASIA NEWS, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, National League for Democracy, Mandalay, nobel peace prize, Bago Region, rangoon

Myanmar's health system on life support.

greatriversofhope wrote 6 days ago: Related Content Patients lie on beds in a charity-run … A patient lies on a bed at a public … Starve … more →

Tags: Health 2, Golden Gate Bridge, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southeast Asia, HIV, Burma, Myanmar, World Health Organization, Thein Sein

Hotel

burmesehaze wrote 1 week ago: Yangon Hotel 1 2 3   … more →

Tags: Hotels, Hostels

Eating out

burmesehaze wrote 1 week ago: Barbeqyu Restaurant (Swhe) On the corner of Thein Byu and Merchant Road Serving variety of Burmese C … more →

Tags: Eating Out, Food, Restaurant

Recap: One month of travel madness

lexmouth wrote 1 week ago: After some days in Vang Vieng it became clear to me that I had to swing back to Singapore, as I was … more →

Tags: Thailand, vangvieng, Vientiane, Bangkok, >Singapore, Southeast Asia, Burma, Nam Song River

Southeast Asia @ Night!4 comments

Thomas & Katherine wrote 1 week ago: CNNGo put out an iReport today highlighting some night photography around Southeast Asia.  Kind of g … more →

Tags: Bali, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Feature Post, Travel, Photography, Photo, Bangkok

Power outage protests hit Myanmar

Intercultural Resources wrote 1 week ago: Hundreds angered by chronic power shortage take to the streets in what is said to be the biggest pro … more →

Tags: Protests, united states, Burma, Myanmar, Asian Development Bank, Power Outage, Mandalay, General Electric

12 things you’ll only see in Myanmar

Bloggers Without Borders wrote 1 week ago: Sanne and Davey Because of years of isolation and economic sanctions from the West, Myanmar is a dis … more →

Tags: Myanmar/Burma, Politics, Water Festival, Mandalay, Myanmar, Burma, Tyngan, Bagan, Aung San Suu Kyi

12 Hours in Yangon

abhijit1507 wrote 1 week ago: An art shop in Bogyoke market. Photo by Abhijit Dutta As Burma shrugs off its coat of dust and rises … more →

Tags: Travel, Myanmar, Burma, rangoon, Gadling, AOL, huffington post

Art makes experience visible

pansuriya wrote 1 week ago: Images of Conflict, Impressions of Peace, a collaboration of Pansodan with the British Council, begi … more →

Tags: Exhibit, soe naing, pansodan, စိုးနိုင်, Pansodan Art Gallery, ပန်းဆိုးတန်း, British Council, Images of conflict, impressions of peace

Myanmar in rainy season. All mine!

markinthetropics wrote 1 week ago: The most popular tourist route in Burma is so called “The Big Four”. It consists of a vi … more →

Tags: traveling in Myanmar, Burma, Myanmar, rangoon, Inle Lake, The 'Big Four', Mandalay, Bagan, Pagan

Myanmar: KyiteHteeYoe - the pagoda on the hermit's head6 comments

turcanin wrote 2 weeks ago: Golden Rock, in Myanmar language known as KyiteHteeYoe Pagoda, located some 160km southeast of Yango … more →

Tags: the blog, Burma, Myanmar, Laos, ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မ, Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw, Shwedagon Pagoda, Asia, KyiteHteeYoe

kwikset0 wrote 2 weeks ago: “A girl plays with her brother as they search for usable items at junkyard near the Danyingone … more →

Tags: Reuters, MAy16, Burma


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