Burma

We went to Burma (Myanmar) for a day! Yeah, one more stamp in my passport!
It was quite an experience. Although only a narror strip of water and a 20 minute boat ride divides them, the differences are vast. Thailand has had a fairly stable history, and one can tell being there. But Burma has had many problems throughout history and in recent history, and it shows. People are much more destitude. People were more aggressive on the street, but aggressive because of their situation. Right away we had an eleven year old tour guide showing us around; girls like her drop out of school, learn languages from tourists,and then try to show tourists around for whatever those tourists are willing to offer. Hopefully just enough to feed her family for the day. I also felt that men were much more aggressive when they see a foreign woman than here than in Thailand...but I guess they are just preparing me for India.