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FEATURE (Category: Asia | Myanmar | all seasons | cultural-historical | traditional peoples | religion | outdoor | cycling)
Myanmar: Deep into mystical Burma
Myanmar: Deep into mystical Burma
Myanmar (former Burma) is a land of great contradictions. Its spirititual people are heart-warmingly friendly but its military rule has a bad reputation where human rights are concerned. And although essentially a poor country, the landscape is dotted by gold-covered religious buildings. As most travellers visit Myanmar for highlights such as the medieval Bagan temple-complex and the mountain locked Inle Lake, it is while travelling its tree-shaded countryside roads that the true beauty of this mystical country reveals itself.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.667] ’Kandawgyi Lake.’ The shores of the Kandawgyi Lake near the centre of Burma’s capital Yangon are a favourite leisure spot for the citizens of the town. They enjoy the view of the Karaweik Restaurant, a non-floating reproduction of an ancient royal barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.667] ’Kandawgyi Lake.’ The shores of the Kandawgyi Lake near the centre of Burma’s capital Yangon are a favourite leisure spot for the citizens of the town. They enjoy the view of the Karaweik Restaurant, a non-floating reproduction of an ancient royal barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
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’Bird headed barge.’
At Nyaung U, north of Bagan, a woodcarving in the Yukeson Hall of the Shwezigon Pagoda shows the mythological karaweik or Burmese crane on the bow of a barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
’Bird headed barge.’
At Nyaung U, north of Bagan, a woodcarving in the Yukeson Hall of the Shwezigon Pagoda shows the mythological karaweik or Burmese crane on the bow of a barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[BURMA 24.671]
’Bird headed barge.’
At Nyaung U, north of Bagan, a woodcarving in the Yukeson Hall of the Shwezigon Pagoda shows the mythological karaweik or Burmese crane on the bow of a barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
’Bird headed barge.’
At Nyaung U, north of Bagan, a woodcarving in the Yukeson Hall of the Shwezigon Pagoda shows the mythological karaweik or Burmese crane on the bow of a barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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