Travel Blog Photos from Rangoon (1,412)
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... contribute was to talk to as many people as possible to try and help others learn some English - a powerful tool in Myanmar as English language newspapers and magazines can be found while all Burmese-language news is under strict control of the government ...
... waving back. It's just me again alone on the other side of this great world. Yes, for two more days it's just me in Rangoon with the monks of the Byat That Monastery, the postcard girls and the laughing lady at the Shan noodle shop. I guess I'm not ...
... and look, a mosquito net's provided. The fan was fine until the power went out (a frequent daily, and nightly, occurrence in Rangoon), and the mosquitos buzzing around would have been thwarted by the net if there weren't holes in it, and if we could bear ...
... had escaped from their country to live happily and contently with very little. It is frightful what is happening in Myanmar; innocent people and the most revered members of the population are being killed. Valid petitions to help stop the ...
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Burma...Hows it feeling?
Posted on Sep 26, 2007, 18:41:49
... the shrine as a launch pad for their ninth day of peaceful protests. About 10,000 monks weaved their way through Rangoon's streets Wednesday afternoon, heading for the Sule Pagoda, where they were pushed back by more troops armed with shields and ...
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Burma...Hows it feeling?
Posted on Sep 26, 2007, 08:45:25
... of the Reverend Sangha in Burma (Myanmar) As you know, in the last week the Reverend Sangha in Burma (Myanmar) has declared an Excommunicative Boycott (Patta-Nikkujjana) against the military government there. The Boycott is established under the Vinaya ...
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believe it when we see it
Posted on Mar 10, 2008, 03:30:02
... news or progress from what I can hear. There are some good clips on the Burmese and the various ethnic groups in Myanmar on YouTube. I currently waiting for to download and also watched some by brooklynmonk1 who is actually a martial arts video guy. ...
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Burma...Hows it feeling?
Posted on Sep 28, 2007, 19:41:10
... phones, and there have been reports that the main journalist hotel was raided a couple of days ago. also, central rangoon has been locked down, as well as the main monasteries being quarantined. western leaders are opining that the official burmese ...
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