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Hi. Well it has been impossible to update the blog. 90% of the time Myanmar does not have electricity. Electricity may work for a couple of hours but continually breakdown. The country is run entirely on hydroelectric power and the dams are insufficient but a new one won't be in place until 2010. Some places have generators and some do not.

This is a poor country. Internet is blocked by the government. I have tried for up to 2 hours to get into AOL, hotmail, etc and finally got..(More)

Hi. Well it has been impossible to update the blog. 90% of the time Myanmar does not have electricity. Electricity may work for a couple of hours but continually breakdown. The country is run entirely on hydroelectric power and the dams are insufficient but a new one won't be in place until 2010. Some places have generators and some do not.

This is a poor country. Internet is blocked by the government. I have tried for up to 2 hours to get into AOL, hotmail, etc and finally got..(More)

Hi. Well it has been impossible to update the blog. 90% of the time Myanmar does not have electricity. Electricity may work for a couple of hours but continually breakdown. The country is run entirely on hydroelectric power and the dams are insufficient but a new one won't be in place until 2010. Some places have generators and some do not.

This is a poor country. Internet is blocked by the government. I have tried for up to 2 hours to get into AOL, hotmail, etc and finally got..(More)

If you're looking for excellent tour guides while in Phnom Penh, I can recommend Sareth and Hong. They don't charge much and they speak good English, they know their country and it's history and they can take you to places a little of the beaten tourist track. You can reach them at hong_gentle@yahoo.com , Tel 092221002 and jinsareth@yahoo.com , Tel 092882470(More)

CAUTION: skip this entry if you supported the war with Vietnam.

Ann and Andrea signed up to go see the Cu Chi tunnels with me this morning, so we all got up early, ate breakfast at the hotel, and were ready to meet our tour group at 7:30. The man rushed us outside, practically running, to an empty air-conditioned bus, where we quickly got comfortable as we rode through the streets of Saigon. We stopped shortly after near a travel agency, to pick others up. We ended up parking there for..(More)

CAUTION: skip this entry if you supported the war with Vietnam.

Ann and Andrea signed up to go see the Cu Chi tunnels with me this morning, so we all got up early, ate breakfast at the hotel, and were ready to meet our tour group at 7:30. The man rushed us outside, practically running, to an empty air-conditioned bus, where we quickly got comfortable as we rode through the streets of Saigon. We stopped shortly after near a travel agency, to pick others up. We ended up parking there for..(More)