Revisiting Myanmar

I'm always recalling my trip to Myanmar.
With nearly 10,000 dead from the cyclone, I feel for the people of that country. There some of the nicest people in all the world.

The following is from the CIA factbook, "September 2007 crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators, including thousands of monks, further strained the economy as the tourism industry, which directly employs about 500,000 people, suffered dramatic declines in foreign visitor levels. In November 2007, the European Union announced new sanctions banning investment and trade in Burmese gems, timber and precious stones, while the United States expanded its sanctions list to include more Burmese government and military officials and their family members, as well as prominent regime business cronies, their family members, and associated companies."

Something's gotta give here. Things can't get much worse.