"Myanmar the best of south-east Asia" a Burma Travel Page by prikje

Itinerary :

day 1 arriving Yangon
day 2 Yangon => Bago => Taungoo
day 3 Taungoo => Kalaw
day 4 Kalaw trekking
day 5 Kalaw => Pindaya => Inle Lake
day 6 Inle lake
day 7 Inle Lake trekking
day 8 Inle => Mandalay
day 9 Mandalay (Mingun + Amarapura)
day 10 Mandalay (Ava + Pyu Oo Lwin)
day 11 Mandalay (Sagaing)
day 12 Mandalay
day 13 boat to Bagan
day 14 Bagan
day 15 Bagan
day 16 Bagan Mount Popa + Salay
day 17 Bagan
day 18 Bagan => Pyay
day 19 Pyay => Yangon
day 20 Yangon
day 21 Depature from Yangon

Of course there are 1000 reasons not to go to Myanmar.
Of course I don't buy Nike or other brand clothing cause they are manufatured in sweatshops by people under horrifying conditions.
Of course I don't buy shares on the stock market for its immoral making other people work for your money.
Of course I don't buy fruit from Dole cause the spray the crops with pesticides while the farmers are still in the fields.
Of course I buy as much as I can in the Oxfam shop for its the least I can do.

Still,it was my best holiday ever,with lots to see in a beautful country full of friendly people and problably most of all : few tourists.
The only time we got annoyed was when a groups of tourists (package tour) without consideration for the locals , claimed a sightseeing spot as there own.
We felt ashamed to be a tourist to.

The governement does lots of trade ( = lots of income) with Thailand.Shouldn't we better boycot Thailand so they stop their huge money flow .
I admit I am guilty of supporting the dictatorship with some few dollars (I did all I could to spend as much with the local people).

Of course I am only 1 individual doing the best I can...watching package tour groups who don't care or don't care to know...