Because of their cry for help, Burma has been at the top of the nation’s attention span for an unusually long time. As I have listened to the reports on Canadian and US radio, it occurred to me how little I know about the country past Kipling, Orwell and The Oxford History of the World Atlas.
After going through the Wikipedia articles on the country I thought it would be a good idea to get a better idea of the physicality of Mandalay and Rangoon, (Yangon) to follow the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay to Rangoon. Touching on the spots representing submitted photos, I got the tourist eyed view of the trip down the river.
This was not intended to teach me about the current “Saffron Revolution”. It was to show me more about what the place looks like, who are its neighbors and its general place in the world.
It was worth the trip.
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When did you last write/receive a handwritten, snail-mail letter? Who was it to/from?
Submitted by Places Unknown.
To a friend in NYC who is totally computer phobic. I mentioned in the letter that the envelope was probably handled by at least a dozen or so unclean people before she opened it. Mean of me I know, but she really needs an email address!!! -30-
But now there it sits, an object of my photographic whim, serving no purpose other than to rot back to nature and provide a home for whatever creatures in nature choose to adapt it to their needs. Something Zen there I am too thick to realize. -30-
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