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Re: Sout East Asia
Part VII- Mingun and the Irrawaddy The time had come to leave Mandalay and head towards the last of our major destinations in Burma; Bagan, a city a few hundred kilometers south west of Mandalay which also lies ion the Irrawaddy (now named the Ayeyerwady) river. The Irrawady river starts in the extreme north of Burma, in… -
Re: Sout East Asia
Part II- Macau Macau is, similar to Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It consists of three islands; Maca, Taipa, and Coloane. Also like Hong Kong, Macau began its life as an Entrepot, a spot where foreigners could recieve chinese merchants and trade goods between Europe and… -
Re: Sout East Asia
Part VI- Mandalay Mandalay is actually rather a young city. It was founded in 1859 by Mindon Min, the second to last King of Burma. The The Third Burmese Empire and the Conflict with the British In the early 1700s a young and vigorous Burmese monarch, Alaungpaya (1711-1760), ascended the throne of what was a country much…
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