TY - BOOK AU - Nilsson, Christine TI - Myanmar : Burma SN - 9781909612136 U1 - 959.1 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - John Beaufoy Publishing House KW - Manners and customs KW - Burma KW - Pictorial works KW - Social life and customs KW - Description and travel N1 - 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); 900-999; 959.1 N2 - 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 ER -