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Dh’s Burma trip « Ramtree’s Runarounds II: "August 24, 2008Dh’s Burma trip
Filed under: Misc., School — by ramthree @ 10:35 am

“Hell on earth,” that’s how he described it. Of course this wasn’t a pleasure trip to see the country. The real intent was charity. There were 15 people on this mission. Everyone has some connection to the Brickfields temple. Mrs. Poon handled the paper work. I said the red tape was taken cared of by the Myanmar Embassy. Actually, the Sri Lankan counter part should be given credit. The Chief Rev. Damaratana is from Sri Lanka and he’s considered quite highly ranked by his countrymen. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Myanmar gave them a nice welcome. The group travelled as diplomats and were treated as such at the airports. Thank goodness, I can’t imagine if they got in trouble in Myanmar. In case of anything, dh took several grand US$(the Malaysian ringgit is not recognized) to get the hell out of the country if there were any violence or uprising."