This is Burma, wrote Rudyard Kipling. It is quite unlike any place you know about. How right he was: more than a century later Myanmar remains a world apart. John Allen, Lonely Planet Writer

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147 days on-the-ground research

3 intrepid authors

65 maps

90+ spectacular temples

Inspirational photos

Clear, easy-to-use maps

Comprehensive planning tools

Aung San Suu Kyi feature

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