An isolated & remote country unspoiled by mass tourism Myanmar aka Burma is for the curious traveller not the average tourist. Odysseys latest handbook takes readers to the most famous cities & sites as well as beaches & mountains. Travel the great Ayeyarwady River to Kiplings Mandalay the last of Burmas royal capitals & explore the exotic Inle Lake whose inhabitants live on floating islands overgrown with flowers & lush vegetation. & of course meet the people of this richly varied land from the northern hill tribes to the amiable Burmans themselves. Myanmar: Burma in Style" intelligently evokes the magic & the mystery of what was once by some reckoning the richest nation in Asia. This is not simply a travel guidebook. It is an illustrated account of the history politics & culture of the people & the country. It
Includes:: literary excerpts & recommended reading as well as an introduction to the essential sites. A sixteen-page atlas together with three special photo-essays supplement the richly illustrated text."