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WoWasis Top 5 sights in Rangoon (Yangon) Burma

Tour Yangon now! Welcome to Rangoon (also known as Yangon), with its amazing golden Shwedagon Temple, traditional architecture, and ubiquitous tearooms.  WoWasis visitors will find Rangoon to be a fascinating, rambling city mixing new and old.  At night you’re likely turn a corner to find a street taken over by a raucously fascinating puppet theatre […]

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WoWasis Top 6 sights in Inle Lake, Burma

Welcome to Inle Lake, one of Southeast Asia’s most picturesque and relaxing spots. Here, we at WoWasis found boatmen who power their wooden crafts by wrapping one leg around an oar, then pulling the oar through the water.  Their conical fishing nets add a wonderful local touch, and you’ll see them everywhere on this calm […]

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WoWasis visits the spectacular Bagan temples in Burma

Welcome to Bagan, a WoWasis top destination in Burma, where thousands of ancient temples dot an open plain.You can spend two days here or a week, and Bagan boasts great resorts, good hotels, and an interesting museum.  Bagan is divided into two zones, the town of New Bagan, and Old Bagan, located in the Bagan […]

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WoWasis asks: Should I visit or boycott Burma?

  With Burma’s reputation sullied by the ongoing and persuasive global reports of the actions of her military regime, and international calls for a travel boycott on the part of potential visitors, is it worth even considering going to Burma?  It depends on your philosophy and perspective.  WowAsis feels that intelligent, knowledgeable travelers get that […]

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