Posts Tagged ‘Asia’

Odyssey Guide Myanmar

Published September 30th, 2012

Odyssey Guide Myanmar
Refreshingly direct and engaging, this new edition of Caroline Courtauld’s richly illustrated and indispensable guide covers Burma’s culture, long history and religion with grace and authority. With many fine color maps (as is the custom with the excellent Odyssey series), hundreds of photographs and well-chosen literary excerpts. In honor of the historic visit of the
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Suu Kyi Visits U.S.

Published September 19th, 2012

Suu Kyi Visits U.S.
On her first trip to the United States in decades, the Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi has been busy indeed! She received the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, when she also met privately with President Obama in the Oval Office. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama was looking forward to
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Namtso, Tibet

Published August 3rd, 2011

Namtso, Tibet
Kindly Contributed by Canyon Sam, author of Sky Train, Tibetan Women on the Edge of History. “If you have slack in your schedule on a visit to Tibet, be sure to take the opportunity to see some of the countryside surrounding Lhasa.  This high desert plateau is some of the most beautiful landscape in the
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