I visited Myanmar well before its recent tourist boom – in 2008, to be exact. Only a trickle of foreigners were to be seen in the then capital of Yangon, and apart from the already touristy Inle Lake, Mandalay and Bagan, the rest of the country was either devoid of visitors or actually closed to…
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The Story of a Photo – Bagan Sunrise (Myanmar)
As I wrote before, Bagan is one of my favourite sites in the world. Of course, I visited it when Myanmar was just opening up to tourism after years of military rule. That meant it was not yet overrun by tour groups and weekend trippers from Singapore and Hong Kong. In fact, you could have…