Beguiling Burma - awe and wonder on the road to Mandalay
Burma (Myanmar to some) is increasingly in the news as some change begins. Ruled for many years by a ruthless, repressive junta, it suffers regular earthquakes and cyclone Nargis left more than a hundred thousand people injured, homeless or dead.Yet this is a magical place: a country of contrasts with a rambunctious history and a culture that is both awesome and fascinating. Largely on a whim, the author decides to visit Mandalay, the Golden City foreseen by ancient Buddhist prophesies. Despite campaigns at the time suggesting no one travelled to Burma (thus supporting the regime) he takes a trip, much of it on the river cruiser Road to Manda…
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- ISBN: 978-1-907498-91-6
- EAN: 9781907498916
- Produktnummer: 18987555
- Verlag: Rethink Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 342 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 342
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