It's Thursday night, October 4, 2012, and Don and I are frantically getting ready for our trip to Burma tomorrow. That means not just getting packed, but calming the sad faces of all our dogs and cats, packing last minute items, making sure our passports and visas are ready, and leaving instructions for our wonderful house/pet sitter who makes our travels possible.
Our route is to San Francisco, Tokyo, Bangkok (overnight) and on to Rangoon, where we will arrive the morning of October 7. Because sanctions against Burma have only recently, and partially, been lifted, we are loaded with cash (no ATM's, no credit cards, no travelers' checks--just brand new U.S. dollars), but traveling lightly with just carry-on luggage (which we highly recommend).
We'll spend 2 weeks touring Burma to plan for a small group trip there in 2013 or 2014, checking out the best places to visit, stay, and eat. We will report back as we move along, assuming we can get internet service. It will be fascinating to see this ancient country as it emerges from 2 decades of isolation into a world where tourists, Buddhists, and businesspeople throng.
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