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Traveling Solo In Myanmar – 7 Things I Learned About The Golden Country
What’s in a name? Myanmar or Burma? Myanmar or Burma? Much to my surprise, I learned that both names are derived from the same word: the name of the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, the Bamar. Burma appears to be a
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My Perfect Bagan Itinerary – In Myanmar’s Land of Thousand Pagodas
Between the 9th and the 13th centuries, Bagan (also Pagan) was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. According to estimates, there must have been more than 10,000
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Irrawaddy Cruise from Mandalay to Bagan, Myanmar
Regular readers of this blog will by now have understood that I like to get on a boat if I can. While I am usually not a fan of tours, the creature comforts on day cruises and tourist boats offer