While in Burma we both enjoyed reading Burmese Days by George Orwell, a novel that takes place in 1930's Burma. A pretty good story and many observations that are still true today.
John also read Last and First in Burma (1941 - 1948) by Maurice Collis, a fascinating history of "how we lost Burma", and "how the Burmese got it back¨. The bulk of the book covers events from Dec 7, 1941 to the British retreat in May 1942.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Most Recent Post
Brazil: Brasilia DF
Brasilia, Brazil's planned capital, only as old as John, is unlike any place we have been. The city center is laid out in the shape of a...
Most Popular Posts of Last 30 Days
-
When Indigo airlines canceled our Colombo-Hyderabad flight, we took India and Pakistan off our itinerary. Considering we are in the 10th yea...
-
Salvador was the original capital of Brazil until 1763 when Rio took over. The area not only grew sugar cane but also was the major point of...
-
From Salvador we headed inland to the Chapada Diamentina Region. We had decided to base ourselves in Lencois, a small colonial town founded ...
-
From Olinda we started to head south to Salvador. We decided to break up the trip in three parts. The first stop is to the small beach town ...
-
Jan 3, 2006: Note: This entry has lots of photos from our visit to Long Hu village – an old, square, walled village near Chaozhou. Long H...
-
From Maceio we took a blablacar from Maceio to Aracaju. It turned out he is a professional driver, which was a first for us. A fellow rider ...
-
From Yining, China, we began a somewhat difficult two-day journey to Karakol, Kyrgyzstan via Zharkent, Kazakhstan. The easy route would hav...
2 comments:
I'll have to ask if my father has read that book--he was at the big airfield at Myitkina, Burma from October 1944 to August 1945. For a time it was actually the busiest airport in the world.
i recently browsed a book called "world on fire" by amy chua. she pointed out the enormous economic gap between ethnic Chinese and indigenous burmese, especially in the last 10-15 years. most of the modern development projects are controled by the Chinese immigrants. i wonder if you have any such observations.
--weiqing
Post a Comment