Burma travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

 

The Nomadic Museum is a temporary structure used to house the “Ashes and Snow” photography and film exhibition by Gregory Colbert which travels the world photographing encounters between humans and large animals. Designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and engineers Buro Happold, the museum is made entirely from reusable materials. Actually this 45,000-square-foot mobile museum was designed to be disassembled and reconfigured to house the traveling exhibit.

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Opened in 1901, The Strand is an unique heritage hotel in Yangon,Burma. It is an elegant Victorian icon, amazingly restaurated, with two centered in the lobby lounge made with black and white marble floor.

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The Governor’s Residence is situated within the beautiful Yangon Embassy Quarter and just in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda only ten minutes away from the city centre and half an hour from the airport of Yangon, the capital of Burma.

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Located deep in the bamboo jungle, right in the heart of Thailand, The Four Seasons Tented Camp is a luxurious destination. Lies on a hillside trail that overlooks the Golden Triangle – the Ruak River, Burma, the mountains of Laos, the camp offers a unique take on camping and nature tripping.

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Built in 1991 Anantara’s Golden Triangle is surrounded by 160 acres of bamboo forest and provides a relaxing spa and glorious views. Set amidst lush tropical jungle overlooking the winding Mekong River and the border with Burma and Laos, the Golden Triangle resort offers 58 deluxe guest rooms and 19 spacious Anantara Suites. From your balcony, the view of the Laos and Myanmar hills is truly breathtaking.

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On the northern border of Thailand, a resort unlike any other has successfully merged luxury and adventure in place of legends. After a long flight and much driving along the picturesque rice paddies, Anantara feels like forever away. Luckily the reward is soon evident: beautiful exotic gardens and views stretching across the mighty Mekong River to three different countries. Photo by: Michelle 217

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The Mergui Archipelago is an archipelago, located in southernmost part of the Union of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of more than 800 beautiful islands covering an area of 10,000 sq. miles. Varying in size from very small to hundreds of square km, they are surrounding with an amazing diversity of flora and fauna and very beautiful underwater scenes and marine life. For many years this beautiful archipelago was closed to foreigners. Only in 1997 was Burma opened up for scuba diving to live-aboard dive boats.

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These two rocks are called Meoto Iwa, situated just off the coast of Mie, Japan. The rocks are meant to signify marriage. The larger one is male and the smaller one female. The rope which connects the rocks weights over a ton and is changed during the year due to various ceremonies.

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Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. In the Lao language, the country’s name is “Meuang Lao“.

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Burma is a large country in mainland Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southwest, Bangladesh on the west and India on the northwest.

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