Recent Posts Tagged With 'myanmar'

• The Burma Visa Run and Defying Death on Thai Roads

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 06:59 in myanmar, viagra, chiang mai, burma, cialis, pulitzer prize, isuzu, street hawkers, visa run, mae sai, street beggars, pulitzer prize for feature photography

  Burmese immigration on the bridge straddling the border at Mae Sai was as usual staffed by plump, well-preened officers that looked immeasurably better off than their compatriots milling listlessly around beyond the checkpoint. Passport retained, Mya...

• Making Merit In Burma

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 08:00 in Buddhism, myanmar, burma

  Much to be admired about the Buddhist way of life, but one particular aspect of 'making merit' - the idea that by releasing animals (birds, turtles, eels, fish... anything goes) into the wild, one is carrying out a meritorious act of compassion that ...