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Pagoda, Pagoda, Pagoda - Bagan

The final destination on the Burma voyage was a 3 day trip to the 12th Century ruins of Bagan, think Angkor Wat but without so much of the tourist parafinala. The ruins were plentiful & very beautiful.. sadly the only down side was the weather... with temperatures at 42C in the shade getting...

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Michael Russell on May 3, 2009 from Taungtha, Myanmar (Burma)

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Teakbridges & Burma's Next Top Make-Up Artist - Mandalay Madness

Mandalay - the former capital of Burma was reached following another horrible bumpy journey from Inle Lake.. The stay in Mandalay was only 2 days which included a trip to Mandalay Hill where we meet a Burmese chap rather keen to practice his English, topics included the political movement in...

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Michael Russell on May 1, 2009 from Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)

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Inle Lake - Home to Aung San Suu Kyi

I forget to mention during the last blog entry that I had meet up with an English lad whilst applying for my visa in Bangkok and luckily our flight dates matched up so we decided to hit the sights of Burmese together... The Lake was slightly dissapointing, especially as it took 17 hours on a...

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Michael Russell on April 25, 2009 from Nyaungshwe, Myanmar (Burma)

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Burmese Days - Yangon

Its been a while since the last update, so im just gunna update the blog with the places I've been with a snapshot of scenes that were generated there [[Myanmar-(Burma)/Yangon]] - colonial capital of Burma/Myanmar - when we rocked out in the 1960s the Burmese decided not to bother with...

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Michael Russell on April 21, 2009 from Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)

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