{"id":4251,"date":"2012-11-09T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T01:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2012-11-09T18:28:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T01:28:31","slug":"president-obama-to-visit-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/president-obama-to-visit-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama to Visit Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, President Obama will become the first U.S. President to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/myanmar\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>. This historic visit will focus even more attention on this Southeast Asian country and its efforts to rejoin the international community.<\/p>\n<p>For the last eight years, The California Native has been conducting tours in Myanmar. We invite you to join us before too many tourists discover the beauty and serenity of this destination.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4254\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-shwedagon.jpg\" alt=\"The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar.\" title=\"The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar.\" width=\"490\" height=\"653\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-shwedagon.jpg 490w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-shwedagon-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-shwedagon-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shwedagon Pagoda, located in Yangon, is the most sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar. The pagoda, purported to be 2,500 years old, enshrines strands of Buddha&#039;s hair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4258\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-ceremony1.jpg\" alt=\"In Myanmar, a family celebrates a young boy&#039;s becoming a noviate monk.\" title=\"In Myanmar, a family celebrates a young boy&#039;s becoming a noviate monk.\" width=\"490\" height=\"392\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-ceremony1.jpg 490w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-ceremony1-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-ceremony1-150x120.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Myanmar, a family celebrates a young boy&#039;s becoming a noviate monk. Most young boys between the ages of 8 and 12 in Myanmar spend time wearing monk's robes and living in a monestery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4263\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-u-thains-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"The U Bein Bridge, in Amarapura, Myanmar, is the world&#039;s longest teak bridge.\" title=\"The U Bein Bridge, in Amarapura, Myanmar, is the world&#039;s longest teak bridge.\" width=\"490\" height=\"435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-u-thains-bridge.jpg 490w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-u-thains-bridge-300x266.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/burma-u-thains-bridge-150x133.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Built in the 1800&#039;s, The U Bein Bridge, in Amarapura, Myanmar, is the world&#039;s longest teak bridge at 1.2 km.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, President Obama will become the first U.S. President to visit Myanmar (Burma). 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