so this is my first blog... hmmm
burma baby!
had a great time and i will back track on some of my times there in other posts, but need to give a shout out to all the amazing peeps in met over there. Aung San Suu Kyi said that the Burmese are known a some of the most hospitable people in the world and everywhere I turned she was proved right.
I'm now in Maesot, which is on the Burma/Thai border. Over 50% of those who live here are Burmese and most of them are illegeally here. The town is really chilled and not too many tourists. Speaking to some of the Burmese (they are allowed to talk here - in Burma they are too scared to say a thing) i'm learning that they are constantly having to keep the Thai police happy by bribing them. Some pay up to 100 baht a week - when you earn 2000 a month this gets expensive...
Everyone was pretty shocked by the earthquake, many people have familys that may have been effected but the info is sketchy, so i guess they will just hope.
Hoping to go meet a couple of released political prisioners and check out a waterfall nearby and on sunday i might be able to enter one of the refugee camps!
in burma, everything closes at 11pm, so there was no real nightlife...nice to be able to sit in a pub a bit longer now, cristophe is leaving tonight so i think we will push closing time as late as possible
would put some photos up but comeputer here is a bit crap!
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