An isolated and remote country, unspoiled by mass tourism, Myanmar aka Burma is for the curious traveller, not the average tourist. This book takes you on a tour of Burma from the great Ayeyarwady River to Kipling's Mandalay, the last of Burma's royal capitals. It also explores the exotic Inle Lake whose inhabitants live on floating islands.
A double sided, illustrated, folded map of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. On one side of this large sheet there are 9 essays describing key features of the region, with 27 colour photographs. It provides an overview of the region which may be studied by the visitor to aid planning and carried whilst travelling.
A new, extended introduction on the true soul of Hong Kong and the meaning of the Chinese takeover in 1997 followed by an updated text. Literary extracts are complemented by new special sections including the environment and the peoples of Hong Kong and its' 235 outlying islands.