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Myanmar : Burma / Christine Nilsson.

By: Nilsson, Christine [author]

Publisher: Oxford : John Beaufoy Publishing House c2013Description: 167 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781909612136Subject(s): Manners and customs | Burma -- Pictorial works | Burma -- Social life and customs | Burma -- Description and travelDDC classification: 959.1

Contents:

Dream journeys -- A challenge -- Dreams (Light and shade ; Golden vertigo and dark decay (Rangopon -- Yangon) ; The biggest book in the world (Mandalay) -- The golden country (Pagan -- Bagan) -- The highland Eden (Inle Lake) -- A world apart (Pindaya -- the mountain dwellers) ; Land of the ogres (Arakan -- Mrauk U) -- Smugglers' kingdom (The south, Kulla-lo-lo) -- Aung Sn Suu Kyi, the steel orchid) Travelogue (Itinerary ; Organisation ; Transport ; Accoommodation, leisure activities ; Culinary delighst ; Courtesty and good manners ; Miscellaneous ; Getting there ; Historical timeline ; Bibliography, filmography, websites)

Summary: In the dark for decades under the oppressive rule of the military junta, in the spring of 2012 Myanmar finally glimpsed the first rays of a democracy that may well prove to be permanent. Christine Nilsson has travelled extensively throughout the country.

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Dream journeys --
A challenge --
Dreams (Light and shade ; Golden vertigo and dark decay (Rangopon --
Yangon) ; The biggest book in the world (Mandalay) --
The golden country (Pagan --
Bagan) --
The highland Eden (Inle Lake) --
A world apart (Pindaya --
the mountain dwellers) ; Land of the ogres (Arakan --
Mrauk U) --
Smugglers' kingdom (The south, Kulla-lo-lo) --
Aung Sn Suu Kyi, the steel orchid) Travelogue (Itinerary ; Organisation ; Transport ; Accoommodation, leisure activities ; Culinary delighst ; Courtesty and good manners ; Miscellaneous ; Getting there ; Historical timeline ; Bibliography, filmography, websites)

In the dark for decades under the oppressive rule of the military junta, in the spring of 2012 Myanmar finally glimpsed the first rays of a democracy that may well prove to be permanent. Christine Nilsson has travelled extensively throughout the country.

900-999 959.1

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