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                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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It must have been because of the numerous temples, pagodas and stupas (there used to be more, but an earthquake and neglect have destroyed them) we visited, entered or viewed from a hot air balloon.

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                    [Title] => Dreams of Bagan
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It was during a travel conference in the early days of Myanmar’s acceptance as an ASEAN member state that I had the privilege to explore Bagan for the first time.

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An excerpt from The River Of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U:

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After closing its doors to the West for half a century, Myanmar has reopened, inviting all to come and discover its treasures, ancient palaces of kings long gone, legends and mysteries told in stone. And the world is expected to come.

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                    [Title] => Myanmar motorcyclist arrested in tourist's death
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 Police in Myanmar have arrested a motorcycle taxi driver suspected of killing a Japanese woman near the country's famed Bagan temples.
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                    [Title] => Myanmar private airline to add one more int'l direct flight service
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 A Myanmar private airline, Air Bagan, is planning to add direct flight service between Yangon and Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) of Cambodia, a local weekly reported Tuesday.
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Between my heart and a place called Bagan

By Iris Gonzales | March 26, 2017 - 12:00am

Thousands of pagodas glisten under the Burmese sun; their stupas spiral upward from miles and miles of vast greenery; towering Buddhas cast shadows on this dusty patch of earth while white horses, kings in blue robes,...

Travel and Tourism

Myanmar moves me

By Cecilia R. Licauco | December 26, 2015 - 9:00am

It must have been because of the numerous temples, pagodas and stupas (there used to be more, but an earthquake and neglect have destroyed them) we visited, entered or viewed from a hot air balloon.

Travel and Tourism

Dreams of Bagan

By Edu Jarque | October 10, 2015 - 10:00am

It was during a travel conference in the early days of Myanmar’s acceptance as an ASEAN member state that I had the privilege to explore Bagan for the first time.

Travel and Tourism

Lifting the veil of The Glass Palace

By Bobby Cuenca | June 8, 2014 - 12:00am

An excerpt from The River Of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U:

Travel and Tourism

Luxury river cruise opens up mysteries of Myanmar

By Att Sikkema | September 22, 2013 - 2:16am

After closing its doors to the West for half a century, Myanmar has reopened, inviting all to come and discover its treasures, ancient palaces of kings long gone, legends and mysteries told in stone. And the world...

World

3 soldiers wounded in attack by Muslim rebels in Maguindanao

August 17, 2012 - 8:02pm

Three members of government security forces were wounded in fresh attack staged by breakaway Muslim rebels last night in the restive southern Philippines, a military official said today.

Myanmar motorcyclist arrested in tourist's death

September 29, 2011 - 6:59pm

 Police in Myanmar have arrested a motorcycle taxi driver suspected of killing a Japanese woman near the country's famed Bagan temples.

Suu Kyi travels into Myanmar's countryside

July 5, 2011 - 11:42am

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi visited an ancient city of temples and met with her youngest son during her first trip into the countryside since her release from house arrest in Yangon in November.

Suu Kyi to travel into Myanmar's countryside

July 1, 2011 - 11:13am

A spokesman for Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi said the pro-democracy leader will make her first trip into the countryside since her release from house arrest last November.

Myanmar private airline to add one more int'l direct flight service

June 21, 2011 - 1:35pm

 A Myanmar private airline, Air Bagan, is planning to add direct flight service between Yangon and Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) of Cambodia, a local weekly reported Tuesday.