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Myanmar, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country in Southeast Asia. As the "Union of Burma", Myanmar achieved independence from the UK on 4 January 1948. It became the "Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma" on 1974, before reverting to the Union of Burma on 1988. On 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted the name "Union of Myanmar". Myanmar is governed by a military regime. It's bordered by China on the north, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, and India on the northwest, with the Andaman Sea to the south. Myanmar's political system remains under the tight control of the State Peace and Development Council, the military government led, since 1992, by General Than Shwe. The Burmese military has dominated government since General Ne Win led a coup in 1962 that toppled the civilian government of U Nu. The country's culture, heavily influenced by neighbours, is based on Theravada Buddhism intertwined with local elements. Several human rights orgs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have reported on human rights abuses by the military government. They've claimed that there is no independent judiciary in Myanmar. The military government restricts Internet access through software-based censorship. Population cannot have informations about outside country. The only that they have comes from foreigners. If you go there, put in ur bag some magazines and give them to the population.
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Myanmar Travel Blogs
Apr 29, 2008 - May 07, 2008
Manila, Philippines -› Singapore, Singapore -› ...
At 7 AM, all of us were already up and ready to go to the airport. By 7:30 AM, we were already at the airport. By 8:00 AM, we were already got our plane seats confirmed. By 8:30 AM, we were already relieved to pass the immigration gate.. until we realized we had no breakfast. Also, thinking that any airport in the whole world would have anything for us to eat. Again, the junta has let us down, even to the last minutes. We were all silent, we were already thinking of food in the airplane. ...
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Jun 02, 2006 - Jul 20, 2008
Harrogate, England, UK -› Prague, Czech Republic -› ...
People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia)
As our Thai visas were about to expire, Julia and I went for a day trip to Kawthoung in Myanmar to extend them. It was a pretty simple task, which involved taking a sawngthaew to Thai imigration, receiving an exit stamp, taking a boat across the pakchan river and receiving an entry and exit stamp into Myanmar, then heading back to Thai immigration to receive another entry stamp. To be honest, it all seems like be...
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Jan 14, 2008 - Jan 20, 2008
Yangon, Myanmar -› Bago, Myanmar -› ...
Our alarm clock is in desperate need of attention at 7 am, ending our dreams in a matter of seconds. We’ve slept like babies and with a wonderfull breakfast in our bellies, according to Aart-Jan the best we’ll get in all Myanmar, we head into the city. Our quest today is to discover Yangon and find out what everyday’s life is all about here.
Yangon is known to have quite some colonial style buildings and the Strand Hotel, our first objective, is a famous landmark. We go there on foot, ...
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Jan 14, 2008 - Jan 26, 2008
Yangon, Myanmar -› Bago, Myanmar -› ...
Om 07:00 loopt de wekker af. We hebben heerlijk geslapen en met een lekker ontbijt in onze maag gaan we de stad verkennen. We lopen eerst naar het Strand Hotel, dat bekend staat om zijn koloniale bouwstijl. Van buitenaf valt het echter tegen en we wandelen verder. Later zal Aard-Jan vertellen dat vooral het interieur erg mooi is. Aan het straatbeeld zien we dat we dichter bij de Botahtaung Pagoda komen, we komen nl. steeds meer monniken tegen. Op zeker moment zien we een groepje jonge monnike...
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