Have been in Chiang Mai for a number of days. It has been harder to connect with people/organizations here, so hasn’t been the best photographically, but it’s easy to chill out here AND amanda is here which is great luck. We went climbing at some nearby spots yesterday — I lead climbed for [...]
i spent the first half of today in the trash dump. burmese migrants live there on top of the decomposing trash. lots of families. they spend the day sorting the trash, gathering plastics to sell for 40 baht (a little over a dollar) per kilo. some families have been living here [...]
i crossed into burma yesterday to renew my thai visa, and walked around the town on the other side of the border. visiting burma is a bit like visiting cuba in that there are fairly tight government controls on where you can travel and what you can do. the town across the border [...]
Myanmar’s government on Friday ordered the expulsion of the United Nations’ top diplomat in the country after his office issued a critical statement urging the ruling generals to heed the voices of protesters.
nytimes article
Mae Sot is a town of NGOs, volunteers, organizations, associations, and acronyms for the wellfare of Burmese people. I’m struck by the number of people working for similar goals, but when I’ve asked people whether there is overkill in the overlapping organizations, the response has consistently been that no, there is such great need, [...]