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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Stuart Butler is a photographer and writer specializing in the
Himalaya, Myanmar and eastern Africa. He first visited Myanmar back
in 2001. As soon as he laid eyes on the Shwedagon for the first time
he was hooked, and since that first visit he has returned frequently to
Myanmar. Originally from southwest England, he today lives with his
wife and two young children on the beautiful beaches of southwest
France. His website is Wstuartbutlerjournalist.com
Tom Deas After being asked politely to leave school at 16, Tom’s first
job was as a food taster in a pie factory. Soon sacked, his subsequent
career moves have seen him drifting from the wine cellars of
Cambridge to the mountains of Yunnan, never achieving anything of
note until now.
Gavin Thomas has spent most of his life trying to be somewhere
else. A regular Rough Guide author for over fifteen years, he has
written and contributed to numerous titles including the Rough
Guides to Sri Lanka, India, Rajasthan, Cambodia, Dubai and Oman.

Acknowledgements
Stuart Butler In Myanmar I would like to thank William Gavin Thomas In Myanmar, thanks to Peter Richards,
Myatwunna from Good News Travels for his huge help, Sai Pan Pha, Martino and everyone at Loikaw, and to Nan
Marcus Allender from Pegu Travels and Wgo-myanmar Nan at Oriental Ballooning, and James Mundy at Inside
.com for his help and also Phone Kyaw Moe Myint in Ngwe Asia for valuable on-the-ground assistance. At Rough
Saung and the staff at Motherland Inn II in Yangon. Finally, Guides, thanks to my fellow authors Stuart Butler and
but most importantly, I must thank my wife Heather and Tom Deas, to Andy Turner and Edward Aves for setting
children, Jake and Grace, for their endless patience and the ball rolling, to Georgia Stephens for overseeing the
understanding while I was away from home working on whole project so efficiently and to Claire Saunders for a
this project. marvellously meticulous old-school edit. And of course to
Allison, Laura, Jamie and Rosie for keeping the home fires
Tom Deas Thanks to Jo, Joy and Wybe Rood. burning, yet again.
Readers’ updates
Thanks to all the readers who have taken the time to write in with comments and suggestions (and apologies if we’ve
inadvertently omitted or misspelt anyone’s name):
Russ Austin, Sandra De Bastos, Pippa Behr, Mike Burnett, Olbrich, Mila Rodriguez, Lee Seldon, Verstuurd Vanaf,
Sarah Harris, Els Leyssens, Julia MacKenzie, Siegfried Leo Verhoeff, Dennis Vervlossen, Wade and Sarah.

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