Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy : One Woman's Mid-Life Travel Adventures on Myanmar's Great River

by Thanegi, Ma

• ISBN13: 9781934159248
• ISBN10: 1934159247
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

As she approaches her sixties, Ma Thanegi decides to satisfy a lifelong dream. Jumping on any boat that would let her onboard, she begins a leisurely exploration of Myanmarrs"s thirteen hundred-mile long Ayeyarwaddy River. Always hungry-for food, conversation, and a good story-Ma Thanegi clearly savors and vividly describes every adventure she encounters, whether she is traveling into the Cyclone Nargis-stricken delta region, feeding a dragon, or careening down the rock-infested white-water gorge of the Ayeyarwaddyrs"s First Defile. Yours"ll love accompanying this opinionated and delightful lady on an odyssey that takes her through much of Myanmar-never without great passion for her country, a wicked sense of humor, and her tube of red lipstick.

Author Biography

Ma Thanegi
An artist, a writer, and a former political prisoner, Ma Thanegi has “walked the walk” in every aspect of her varied life. The author of the travel classic, The Native Tourist, she has written many books on the art and history of Myanmar.

 

Table of Contents

Preface	p. VI
Home Base Yangon: An Introduction to My City and Me	p. IX
Birthplace of the Ayeyarwaddy
Dancing at the Manau	p. 16
Witchery of Gold	p. 26
Birth of a River	p. 38
Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy	p. 56
On the Banner	p. 70
The New Yearà or Not	p. 85
The Central Plains
Mandalay, Man Amour	p. 94
The Height of Luxury: On the Road to Mandalay	p. 102
Prelude in Bagan	p. 114
On the Cargo Boat	p. 128
The Delta
Disaster	p. 146
Hitching a Ride to the Second Century	p. 165
Great Balloons of Fire	p. 178
Meeting a Lovely Ogress	p. 188
Sardines on Board	p. 202
My Pretty Pathein Girl	p. 214
Feeding the Dragon	p. 226
End of My River	p. 238
Map, Author Information, Appreciation	p. 248
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