Picture of Katha Jail, still in use now, but also in the novel by George Orwell (Katha, Myanmar (Burma))

Katha Jail, still in use as such, and appearing in Burmese Days

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Not only is Katha a very pleasant town to visit, it is also the place where George Orwell based his novel Burmese Days.
As is often the case, getting there was half the fun. I nearly missed the train in Mandalay, had to run hard to be able to jump in the last wagon, and since I could not reach the rest of the train from there, I then had to jump out of the moving train, run faster and jump in the next wagon. Anyway, a long ride later, in the middle of the night, we stopped at Naba, and had to wait several hours for the first train to Katha. In a cattle wagon, we reached the town that became famous as Kyauktada in Orwell's novel Burmese Days.
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