lonely-planet-myanmar-burma-11-edition

POLITICS, ECONOMICS & SANCTIONS THE SANCTIONS DEBATE 321 All member nations were advised to review their links with Myanmar ...

322 Environment & Wildlife A bit bigger than France and slightly smaller than Texas, Myanmar cov- ers 261,228 sq miles. It b ...

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE FLORA & FAUNA 323 beasts’. Though Myanmar’s natural biodiversity has no doubt altered considerabl ...

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE FLORA & FAUNA 324 cobra, king cobra (hamadryad), banded krait, Malayan pit viper, green viper and ...

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE FLORA & FAUNA Plants 325 As in the rest of tropical Asia, most indigenous vegetation in Myanmar i ...

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE NATIONAL PARKS 326 National Parks By an optimistic account, about 7% of Myanmar’s land area is made u ...

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 327 Air & Water Pollution You don’t need to be a scientifi c expert to sniff ...

328 Eating in Myanmar (Burma) Burmese food suff ersfrom a bad rap – a rather unjustifi ed bad rap in our opinion. While Burmese ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) A BURMESE MEAL 329 tea leaves mixed with a combination of sesame seeds, fried peas, dried shrimp, frie ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) A BURMESE MEAL 330 Shàn k’auq-swèhh (Shan-style noodle soup), thin rice noodles in a light broth with ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) SWEETS 331 lined up in curry pots to be examined. Mon curries are also more likely to contain chillies ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) DRINKS 332 Many restaurants will provide as much weak Chinese tea as you can handle – for free if you ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) WHERE TO EAT & DRINK 333 Where To Eat & Drink Myanmar has three dining/drinking scenarios: wha ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) VEGETARIANS & VEGANS 334 Drinking Ve nues You’ll be hard-pressed to fi nd anything resembling the ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) EAT YOUR WORDS 335 more common. The entire meal is served at once, rather than in courses. In basic Bu ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) EAT YOUR WORDS 336 k’ǎyú xrur shellfi sh ngà =:" fi sh ngǎk’u =:"xU catfi sh ngǎshín =:"rH„'¾ eel ngǎt ...

EATING IN MYANMAR (BURMA) EAT YOUR WORDS 337 hnìn·ye NH='"r–'' rose syrup kǎlà·t’àw·baq kul;"eq;pt' ghee kùn·ya kâm'"y; betel qu ...

338 Religion & Belief Faith and superstition go hand in hand in Myanmar. About 89% of the people of Myanmar are Buddhist, bu ...

RELIGION & BELIEF 339 Theravada vs Mahayana Theravada Buddhism (also followed in Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka and Thailand) dif ...

RELIGION & BELIEF 340 Monks & Nuns Every Buddhist Myanmar male is expected to take up temporary monas- tic residence twi ...