Mergui: Southeast Asia’s next great place?
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Myanmar is a place of often understated beauty and one of the least known parts of the country is the Mergui Archipelago. It is one of the least visited places in all of Myanmar.
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Myanmar: Where Even the Rocks Are Paved With Gold
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Golden Rock, which is known locally as Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, is located in the Mon State of Myanmar.
Ballooning over Bagan
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Just as the sun was starting to make its presence felt, we slowly floated upwards in our 8 passenger balloon. It was surprisingly quiet and serene. I quickly began to see Bagan in a way that I had missed on my many previous visits. The scenery was absolutely stunning
Facial Tattoos of Myanmar’s Chin Tribe
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The Chin tribe of Myanmar, which live near the Bangladesh border not far from Mrauk U, are a people who wear facial tattoos. I journeyed to this corner of Asia to seek out the answers of why exactly do they undergo the process of getting such tattoos, which might seem extreme in Western culture.