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Burma: Spring in Rangoon - Sowing Seeds of Democracy. A GORP Original Travelers' Tale by Bill Greer.

TWILIGHT AT AVA: A Diplomatic Journey - Travel back to Burma of 1855 with Arthur Phayre. This British diplomat sailed 500 miles up the Irrawaddy River to Ava, near present-day Mandalay. His assignment: to conclude a treaty between England and the Burmese king that would open upper Burma to British exploitation. A GORP Original Travelers' Tale by Bill Greer.



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