Monday, April 02, 2007

Burma Baby, Burma!!

well, here we are. our last country. myanmar. burma. all the same thing and all very cool. we haven't even blogged about borneo or bali, so those will have to come later, stateside. sorry, we were out riding dusty, cramped buses with chickens, having some adventures and got a bit behind. anyhow, just so you know, we get on a plane in about 12 hours for home. i keep singing "comin to america" to joren's chagrin. today! we're all neil diamond fans at heart, are we not? yes, we are.

sandalwood sunscreen on grouchy kid
i know it's hard to read, but it's about CRUSHING. personal identity, democracy, whatev.
(if you double click on it you will be better able to memorize the finer points.)


you see, you pull up a stool, choose a little piece of duck part on a stick and fry that bad boy right up.

typist for hire. it's like a koolaide stand but not as refreshing.

see? NOT refreshing.

and here's where you can conveniently make a phone call. yeah. on the street. no big woo. who needs cellphones when you have old phones with bad connections on noisy streetcorners? there was one about every half block. the government highly regulates who has mobiles. the man's got to keep the people under his thumb, you know.

another interesting burmese street business. "hey. I'VE got a scale. i'll take it outside and charge people like four cents to weigh themselves." it's apparently a real crowd pleaser. let's see how fat whitey is!

joren, mad. eating indian food. together, our meals were about $1.75. and before you judge, it was really good. beef's got NOTHIN on this mutton!

little kids dangerously carrying other little kids.

watermellon stand. they make jewelry out of watermellon seeds. yes, i'm bringing some home for a lucky few...

handpainted movie signs. we went to a few movies in yangoon to escape the heat a couple of afternoons. it's like 50 cents and the power keeps going on and off BUT they do show a cool government propoganda film that's like 50 years old at the beginning. it's probably about crushing capitalism and individual thought.

i LOVED 1996. i partied like it was 1997.

1 Comments:

Blogger Jasph said...

I'm so moved that you guys arranged your schedule to make it back stateside by Passover. We'll be having a seder on the second night (tomorrow), and I'd invite you guys, except it's already too crowded and Penny's freaking out about all the food to be prepared. Also, you'll probably be in Portland or something.

So your first night back, just take it as a Jewish holiday and catch up on your sleep.

Your blog rules. I hope you'll continue to document your daily life even though there won't be as many monkeys in it.

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