Checking in from Rangoon, Burma...

[uconndoit]

Can someone post the score?

Internet sucks here - for some reason I can access the BY but not ESPN.

 

[Dougsts]

UCONN down 13 at the half

 

[uconndoit]

Luckily I was without Internet access from 10 minutes left in the game until now - so I was able to enjoy the past few days.

 

[husky99]

How is burma?

 

[Dann]

when i saw "rangoon" i thought this was a RE thread lol.

 

[uconndoit]

How is burma?

Burma's fantastic! I really had a great time - the people are ridiculously nice. The landscape is breathtaking and the pagodas are amazing. Cheap as hell too - I spent about $50 over the last 3 days of travel including lodging, travel, food and admission tickets for the sights. That was because I was running out of cash and there's no practical way to get more while in the country.

 

[uconnfan68]

Burma's fantastic! I really had a great time - the people are ridiculously nice. The landscape is breathtaking and the pagodas are amazing. Cheap as hell too - I spent about $50 over the last 3 days of travel including lodging, travel, food and admission tickets for the sights. That was because I was running out of cash and there's no practical way to get more while in the country.

You could sell yourself on a street corner... oh wait, that's Thailand.

 

[uconNYC]

Thought you meant checking in from Maryland.

Isn't doing business in Burma illegal? Or do I have it confused with Cuba and Iran.

 

[uconndoit]

You could sell yourself on a street corner... oh wait, that's Thailand.

I just arrived in Bangkok! But now I can go to an ATM.

 

[uconndoit]

Thought you meant checking in from Maryland.

Isn't doing business in Burma illegal? Or do I have it confused with Cuba and Iran.

Not sure about doing business there but it's ok to go there and spend money - unlike Cuba.

 

[Dann]

Not sure about doing business there but it's ok to go there and spend money - unlike Cuba.

well, i could find some great ways to spend money in cuba.

 

[uconndoit]

well, i could find some great ways to spend money in cuba.

I can think of 3 ways off the top of my head.

 

[zls44]

Luckily I was without Internet access from 10 minutes left in the game until now - so I was able to enjoy the past few days.

Ditto. Had this conversation when I got home.

"Was it as bad as I think?"
"No."
"Exactly, SHU isn't that bad-"
"No, it was worse"

 

[Deepster]

I just arrived in Bangkok! But now I can go to an ATM.

Hollah! City of Squalah! #lesliechow

 

[RayRipKemba]

Isn't it called Myanmar now?

 

[uc1974]

Burma is ridiculously cheap and quite beautiful. Did you fly Air Asia, Bangkok Air or take your life in your hands with Myannmar Airways?

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

well, i could find some great ways to spend money in cuba.

With each passing year, more US citizens legally visit Cuba and spend money. You just need the correct documents and reasons for a visit, e.g., family, cultural, educational, etc. (some of which may be stretched by some visitors). On the other hand, many US Americans also enter Cuba illegally via Mexico, Canada, or other nations. Somehow, they avoid having their passports stamped.

Myanmar's on my target list for 2012. I've heard great things, and want to visit before it changes too much, becomes trendy, etc.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I just arrived in Bangkok! But now I can go to an ATM.

Post-ATM, Dolt's One Night in Bangkok - katoeys beware! Just a bit different from Mike Tyson's version

 

[uconndoit]

Isn't it called Myanmar now?

Yes, but the old timers and the politically persuaded still call it Burma. Same for Rangoon which was renamed Yangon.

 

[uconndoit]

Burma is ridiculously cheap and quite beautiful. Did you fly Air Asia, Bangkok Air or take your life in your hands with Myannmar Airways?

I flew Air Asia. So cheap to fly with them around the region. It's one of the best things about living in Saigon.

 

[uconndoit]

This is Bagan.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...7646518974_646623973_10940601_820034544_n.jpg

 

[uconndoit]

With each passing year, more US citizens legally visit Cuba and spend money. You just need the correct documents and reasons for a visit, e.g., family, cultural, educational, etc. (some of which may be stretched by some visitors). On the other hand, many US Americans also enter Cuba illegally via Mexico, Canada, or other nations. Somehow, they avoid having their passports stamped.

Myanmar's on my target list for 2012. I've heard great things, and want to visit before it changes too much, becomes trendy, etc.

Yeah, I talked to a guy who said he's been going there for 30 years. He said he's noticed big changes over the past 6 months and expects bigger changes in the next 6 months. So hurry up!

 

[uconndoit]

Post-ATM, Dolt's One Night in Bangkok - katoeys beware! Just a bit different from Mike Tyson's version

Haha - I knew about lady boys but didn't know the word katoey (sp?) until last night. And no, I didn't learn it the "hard" way.

 

[uconndoit]

Ditto. Had this conversation when I got home.

"Was it as bad as I think?"
"No."
"Exactly, SHU isn't that bad-"
"No, it was worse"

Just woke up to the Rutgers score. Yuck.

 

[uconndoit]

This is Bagan.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...7646518974_646623973_10940601_820034544_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...7642233974_646623973_10940574_350536888_n.jpg