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In Myanmar, on our secondIrrawaddy River cruise, we visited villages, monasteries, forts andBagan’s ancient templesby ox cart, horse cart and trishaw. How’s that for fun! On our Myanmar river cruise, we rode in a horse-and-buggy to see Bagan, but you can also take an ox-cart ride...
This article uses Burma/Myanmar from 1948 to 2011 as a within-case context to explore why some armed insurgent groups agree to cease-fires while others do not. Analyzing 33 armed groups it finds that longer-lived groups were less likely to agree to cease-fires with the military government ...
Man Holes inBurma Due to being isolated, Myanmar has poor infrastructure. Its roads look like numerous pockmarks on a person’s face. It is no smooth travel when you’re navigating its streets. Which Jess and I soon found out. We were walking back to our hotel when the whole city plung...
In the past decade of travels, I’ve visited several places that are considered ‘dangerous’ by many: North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Haiti, Burma (or Myanmar), Afghanistan, amongst many. Why? Because as a deeply curious traveler, I strongly believe that seeing a place for myself...
My goal is to write a book-form blog about my recent visit to Myanmar aka Burma. I want the posts to be chronological and I am using a static front page and still trying to figure out how to make this all play nicely together. Please tell me exactly how I would click through my S...
‘In 2000–2002, Putin was publicly hinting at, and privately seeking, NATO membership for Russia. (…) The principal supposed change was that, from now on, Russia would be a co-equal member of the group, no longer confronted by a unified NATO “side”. This did not work out as hoped...
From 1962 until 2011, successive military regimes ruledMyanmar, formerly known as Burma, with an iron fist – asserting their absolute power over the people through fear and brutality. Ad Feedback But six years ago, there was hope of change whenAung San Suu Kyi– a Nobel Peace Prize winner...