 | Pathein, Myanmar |
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... false advertizing... So onward and southeast-ward we pressed on the bus to one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Myanmar, Kyaiktyo (pronounced something like 'CHAI-tee-oh'), where a huge golden boulder sits precariously on top of a wooded hillside, ...
... the river delta, so I took a bus to Pathein. Beautiful ride in the delta... rice paddies, swamps, dramatic sunset, etc... Pathein, a few hundred thousand inhabitants, and a very nice city.. so I decided to stay there instead of taking more buses to ...
... and his eyes fell on the entry for Pathein. He had no idea even where it was, so read on: "Pathein. 3rd largest town in Myanmar." he read with surprise "famous for the production of beautiful parasols in workshops so well hidden in the backstreets of ...
Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ On the way back from Pathein I finished The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac. He wrote this book shortly after the release of On the Road, and it is an account of him and one of his friends walking the ...
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Myanmar Suggestions
Posted on Feb 21, 2007, 13:57:02
... If yu make it to there, you are at the foot of himalaya, and getting close to the edge of the accessible world. I also went to Pathein, but basically, it seems to me that as soon as you get out of the main path, anywhere in Myanmar is worth it. As for ...
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