| Editorial_February 2007 |
Tourists in search of exotic travel often find Burma both enticing and frustrating. For many, it's also a journey into a moral minefield. The question "To go or not to go?" is explored by Aung Zaw. |
Since Burma's tourism industry cautiously opened up during the 1980s, a reported US $1 billion has been invested in tourism infrastructure, in spite of calls for tourist boycotts and international sanctions. Are tourists aiding the junta or aiding the people? Dominic Faulder looks at the issues. |
History book prejudices fade away as increasing numbers of Thai tourists visit their largest neighbor. Sai Silp joins the throngs, finding a Burma beyond stereotypes. |
Government restrictions on transportation and access can make the Burma road an uneasy one to travel, with frequent breakdowns, no credit cards, unreliable communications, endless bureaucracy and the feeling of Big Brother watching you. Author Emma Larkin recounts her adventures. |
Lonely Planet and Rough Guide compete for readers on opposite sides of the Burma divide. Can you define a person's politics by their guidebook? Jim Andrews explores the ins and outs of guidebook advice on Burma. |
The Irrawaddy suggests 17 sites in Rangoon and Burma that are worth a visit, but for reasons you won’t find publicized by the junta. |
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Two weeks in storm-tossed waters in the Andaman Sea in a cramped, open boat was a small price to pay for 114 Rohingyas seeking a better life. But their journey ends behind bars in a Thai jail, where they recount their harrowing tale to Yeni. |
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King Thibaw's maligned widow—was she as wicked as some say? Since her death, she has become a nationalistic icon, writes Khin Maung Soe. |
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"I didn't kill the princes," Queen Suphayalat told a Rangoon reporter in a rare interview in 1924, here in its entirety. |
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Seventeenth-century Burma and the Dutch East India Company by Wil O. Dijk is reviewed by Bertil Lintner. |
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