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Travel guide: Myanmar's Chindwin River by boat

Guide to traveling by local boat in northwestern Myanmar.
by Dina Bennett

Trip Planning →

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Beginner's travel guide to Burma

Practical tips and 3 recommended itineraries for first-time visitors.
by Dina Bennett
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Fostering homegrown photography in northern Myanmar

I felt the last week and even the last four years of work had been validated in an...
by Ryan Libre
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Ryan Libre speaks at TED 2011 in Thailand

Award-winning documentary photographer and longtime Matador contributor Ryan Libre talks...
by Jason Wire
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Human Rights →

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Understanding the war in Kachin

Kachin is not a remote jungle backwater. The Kachin people are not tribal head-hunters.
by Tim Patterson

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The subtle movements of Myanmar

Whether on a boat, carriage, car, rickshaw, on foot or standing still, Myanmar will move...
by Lindsay Clark
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Daily life around monasteries in Burma

What do monks and nuns do when they aren't meditating? Live life like the rest of us.
by Rom Srinivasan
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The spirit of Burma

Felice Willat captures the spirit of Burma and its people in her stunning photographs.
by Felice Willat
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Consciousness →

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How travel helps to keep life in perspective

There is something to be said about travel also crystallizing your perceptions, honing...
by Jodi Ettenberg
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Notes on Outrunning a Pimp in Yangon

"Nearing the steps that led down to the boulevard, I felt a pair of clammy palms gripping...
by mfb
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Aung San Suu Kyi's release prompts veiled celebratory message in Burmese paper

The glimmer of hope is still alive in Burma, but it requires tremendous courage to...
by Tim Patterson
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Notes on a Burmese Monk

Robert Hirschfield finds a juxtaposition between Burma and India, past and present, East...
by Robert Hirschfield
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Conversations with Alan Clements

On the morning after International Women's Day, let's remember the most enlightened woman...
by David Calleja
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Scuba dive with whale sharks in Myanmar

Scuba diving in the Mergui Archipelago featuring whale sharks and eagle ray, octopus,...
by Joshywashington

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Myanmar's military government puts the crackdown on protests

The people of Myanmar protest, resulting bloody crackdown by the military government.
by Joshywashington

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