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Myanmar (Burma)
Hey folks. I'm heading to Myanmar in Eastern with family visiting some international friends for 10 days. Anyone got experiences to share?
I've heard that all the borders are hazardous to traverse, so best to keep away. I've gotten some loose tips about Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay and Inle lake is the standard course to take. That Bagan looks beautiful from a balloon ride. Other than that, I'm pretty much ignorant.
Cheers,
~Wille
Thorolf was thus armed. Then Thorolf became so furious that he cast his shield on his back, and, grasping his halberd with both hands, bounded forward dealing cut and thrust on either side. Men sprang away from him both ways, but he slew many. Thus he cleared the way forward to earl Hring's standard, and then nothing could stop him. He slew the man who bore the earl's standard, and cut down the standard-pole. After that he lunged with his halberd at the earl's breast, driving it right through mail and body, so that it came out at the shoulders; and he lifted him up on the halberd over his head, and planted the butt-end in the ground. There on the weapon the earl breathed out his life in sight of all, both friends and foes. [...] 53, Egil's Saga- The pranks played on the knight Jean de Joinville, 1249, 7th crusade.I must tell you here of some amusing tricks the Comte d'Eu played on us. I had made a sort of house for myself in which my knights and I used to eat, sitting so as to get the light from the door, which, as it happened, faced the Comte d'Eu's quarters. The count, who was a very ingenious fellow, had rigged up a miniature ballistic machine with which he could throw stones into my tent. He would watch us as we were having our meal, adjust his machine to suit the length of our table, and then let fly at us, breaking our pots and glasses.
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Originally Posted by Finn
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Hey bro. Berman govt had done many harms to other religion people a few months back. So, it's better to avoid such people dominated areas. And of course, don't roam around borders cause Indian or Bangladesh govt may catch you if you cross the Intl. border by mistake. Good luck.
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Suggest you have a read of https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/burma (or your own nationalities equivalent).
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Re: Myanmar (Burma)
Burma has really opened up in the last few years. I know a girl who lived there for a while and loved it, and a guy who went on holiday there a few months ago. I think as long as you stay well away from the conflict-stricken ethnic minority regions it's no different to the rest of South-East Asia, except more untouched and authentic. There are plenty of countries with serious regional conflicts that are also big tourist destinations after all - India, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, etc.
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