Burma

To get to Burma we fly into Bangkok and stay one night then we are off to Burma for eight days touring Yagoon, Kaing Tong, Inle Lake and Mandalay. Then it is back to Bangkok for three days before we venture off into the Golden Triangle of Thailand ...

... In Myanmar the opium plants grow, This is where tourists may not go. So many things to still unveil, History tells of Burma's grisly tale. The royalty here slay their own, So no other may claim the thrown. This the British thought was droll, ...

... you have to do and we got another stamp in the passport.  It was also weird to see the intense military presence in Burma.  They kept our passports while we were in the country and only allowed to visit the immediate border area.  We ...

... load of music n a shit load of laughter n cuddles tommorow barney n rosie go to bangkok craig goes to singaphore n me n ells to berma for a boarder run very emotional day for me. anyway the farewell has happned n a tear enters my eye when i see the ...

... Later that evening we arrived in Ranong. Ranong is one of the few border towns in Thailand where you can legally travel over to Myanmar(Burma). As we were so close, just a 30 minute boat ride away cross the bay, we decided that the next day we would ...

Burma ...

Burma ...

Myanmar is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The Union of Myanmar is governed by a military regime and several human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have reported on ...

The People Wow - the people of myanmar (many diferent ethnic groups) have got to be the freindliest people I've met. Almost everyone wanted to say hello, know where u from - talk 2 u, play with u (if under the age of 15) and so on. It was great. A lot ...

... working in Mae Sot, to speak so publicly with a rebel group is a guarantee that we will be blacklisted from entering Burma legally in the future. The SPDC have an intelligence network that would surprise George Orwell, (and he likely drew his ...

... ; At least one war prisoner has lost his life for each railway tie used to build this railway leading to Burma.  Many are still buried beside the tracks.  After trying to digest this fact, we visited the JEATH  museum ...

... bridge made some officers happy by paying 500 baht (12 euro) instead of 10 usd after some long discussions. even tough i know burma it was yet incredible how the difference flashes you in the first moment. really another world. just 2 min across the ...

... and info on the building of the railway, I rented a headset which has a commentary of returned soldiers PoWs from the Thai - Burma railway, what an amazing group of men they were, to walk through hellfire pass and listen to their stories was a really ...

... (deportation tax) and we sail across the river to another immigration office, then sail some more and hey presto we are in Myanmar (Burma). We have 15 mins to by cheap cigs (£2 for 200) before we head back to the boat, returning to the immigration ...

... who perished in WW2 fighting the Japanese. The cemetery was very well tended and very thought provoking, for many of the 18 year olds Burma must have felt impossibly far from home. We passed through the town of Bago on the way and had a look at a few ...