Thursday, May 22, 2008

Rodrigo does BURMA!!! (or tries to)



Thats right, in trying to deal with a bad case of bronchitis, I decided that the best thing for my health would be to take out all my repressed anger by singlehandedly defeating the military junta in Myanmar to let the aid in that has been stopped across the border and liberating its people, maybe even kicking it with Aung San Suu Kyi for a while.


Getting in was no easy task, but we managed.

3 km in to the country I decided that maybe the best thing for my health was to go back to Thailand before I got shot for being so obvious in my intentions. Even though I stopped feeling weird there because other men had beards and looked a little more like me, the air feels as corrupt as the political system and the squalor is the most impressive I've ever seen. Oh, and then my fellow co-conspirators told me that despite Talichek being a border town, it is VERY NICE compared to the rest of the country, no to mention Yangon is under a state of siege, meaning I needed to get better before I come back and kick some corrupt military behinds
So, unfortunately to the beautiful people of Burma, I apologize deeply, I didn't overthrow your fucked up government today, but my Bronchitis is better...

1 comment:

leah said...

Rodrigo!!
Are you lost to Southeast Asia forever? Have you changed your plans for studying in Canada? Your blog is awesome! it's great to see where you're at right now...and it seems you're having quite the life-changing experience. Just a note to say, keep it up and i miss you!
cuidate muchissimo,
don't do anything i wouldn't do :)
Leah