Press gangs prowl the streets of Mandalay and Bagan, snatching people on their way to or from work on trumped-up charges or for no reason at all.

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Angkor is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With its sprawling temple complexes, and other architectural marvels, Angkor doesn’t disappoint. Bagan, Myanmar Bagan, once the capital of the Pagan ...

Each historical structu... On the banks of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River, in the Mandalay Region of Burma, lies the ancient city of Bagan. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was ...