Myanmar is a country that doesn’t often show up on the average Southeast Asian travellers itinerary, but it is by far one of ...

According to the Myanmar chronicles, the very first king of Bagan, Anawrahta (Anuruddha ... King Anawrahta is said to have enshrined the original replica in the Shwezigon Pagoda in 1059 ...

The fascination of Burma, as the country was called before, during and long after the colonial era, is not only due to idyllic places such as the pagoda town of Bagan, which is reminiscent of an ...