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Myanmar's Beauty

Posted: 06/ 6/11 11:16 AM ET
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Jichen Echo, a writer and artist currently living in Dali, China has traveled throughout much of Asia. She was kind enough to provide these beautiful pictures of Myanmar, a country that many Americans (including myself) have never visited. Please enjoy!

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Penelope Miller
15 hours ago (9:47 PM)
I have a Burmese grandmothe­r I never got to meet, but have her photo. I would love to go one day. Thank you for posting these beautiful pictures.
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tnash26170
15 hours ago (9:26 PM)
If you travel to Burma, ensure you stay in privately-­run hotels as much as possible. Otherwise, the generals will receive too much when you stay at government run hotels.

Do go, as the people are extremely nice and they do need any income they can get.

The problem is that the generals run the country and they have military installati­ons near every large town or small city. To advance you join the military; thus the military has a lot of young people who have no other hopes.

China and India buy a lot of the oil and gas resources and neither country seems to care about the human rights violations­.

Traveled there in 2008.
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rutroGeorge
15 hours ago (9:13 PM)
Mr. Peterman's been there! No kidding! Just saw a rerun of "Jerry Sienfeld" show wherein that's where Mr. Peterman escapes to (formerly Burma) when he cracks and hands over the running of his rustic clothing catalog to Elaine. Remember?!
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petcraft
17 hours ago (7:07 PM)
Thank you for showing us these wonderful photograph­s. Even 'armchair' travel can be very educationa­l.
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P de W
19 hours ago (5:16 PM)
I had the very good fortune to travel throughout Myanmar in 2007. I found the people there to be incredibly warm, friendly, and always eager to share a laugh. It's a shame that the inherent beauty of this country and its inhabitant­s is not more widely-kno­wn.
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hbhawaii
01:46 AM on 6/07/2011
Thanks for posting these, Howard. Burma's next on my list of places to visit -- even more so now.
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rutroGeorge
04:14 PM on 6/06/2011
Didn't Matt Lauer visit here on one of his "Where in the World is Matt Lauer" escapades?
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Ron Broxted
02:26 PM on 6/06/2011
I was there in Dec '65, cannot remember much, lots of heat & humidity. In Amnesty we asked if it was right to be a tourist in places like Burma. Yes, though the govt is propped up by boycotting one only hurts the poor not the rich. Comme d'habitude­!
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Sherifah Rafiq Lobo
02:12 PM on 6/06/2011
Please post more! I'd love a little detail descriptio­n behind the pictures as well. Thanks!
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bobclapp1936
02:05 PM on 6/06/2011
Thanks Howard. They each in a unique way brought the following to mind: Awesome; Graceful; Peaceful; Playful; Wisdom; Loving.
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big-bad-wolf
02:02 PM on 6/06/2011
Thanks for the pictures, but I'll wait for a visit until the brutally repressive military regime is no longer in power.
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robjh1
"and we are not saved..."
12:09 PM on 6/06/2011
Exquisite beauty!
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idisVA
11:48 AM on 6/06/2011
Beautiful pics.
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Howard Steven Friedman
12:31 PM on 6/06/2011
@robjh1 and @idisVA Thank you. Jichen has terrific photos from a number of other locations so I am going to see if she will let me display more of them in the future.
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idisVA
04:11 PM on 6/06/2011
Hey Howard: I look forward to more photos.
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