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September 10th 2006
Published: September 12th 2006
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special long 2 week edition Before going to Burma all Yaron knew about it is that the road built between it and Thailand - called the Burmese Road - reminded ex-WWII solders in Israel's War of Independence of the road to sieged Jerusalem Before going to Burma all Hagit knew about it is from a game she played with her mother when she was a little girl. She would squat her eyes very t... Read Full Entry



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Lake Inle

fishermen
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Lake Inle

fresh fish for sale
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Lake Inle

dried fish for sale
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Lake Inle

we took a boat to go arround the lake
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Lake Inle

fishermen
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Lake Inle

boat building
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Lake Inle

cigar makeing. the cigars are part tabacco and part weeds that grow near the lake (not the happy kind :) )
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Lake Inle

the ruins at Indein
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Lake Inle

storm near the lake
Yangoon streetYangoon street
Yangoon street

this street is like any other in a big South-east-asia city. we just never put a photo of one befor.
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Yangoon

old clock tower
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Yangoon

old clock tower
Yangon - Synagogue Yangon - Synagogue
Yangon - Synagogue

the only Synagogue in Myanmar is not active and is kept by only 1 person. we felt like RON-BEN-ISHAY on a mission to find the last Jew in burma
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Yangon - Synagogue

the Synagogue is in between the shops and mosques of the area
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ANY religious site that was not a buddhist temple was a refreshing change. a Mosque
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even a hindu temple



13th September 2006

Amazing
Wow - this country and your pictures are absolutely amazing.
16th September 2006

Thanks
I just wanted to thank you, as a Burmese person. Well done on finding the Synagogue in Yangon! :) Love the pictures; love your comments!
17th September 2006

Loved Burma
Your photos brought back great memories of being in Burma a few years ago. The Burmese people need visitors to tell the outside world about their plight. Which you have with your comments and photos! We hiked into hilltribe villages in the north and took in protein powder and vitamins, medicin for the poor displaced rice farmers. And we brought in lots of clothes to be distributed to the orphanages, all under the radar of the govt. And we found the Synagogue too, not easy! Again, great photos!
25th September 2006

On a different note...
I'm reading Thom Friedman's "The World is Flat", and he has a theory very similar to yours. He calls it "the Dell Method for Global Conflict Solving", in which no two countries who participate in a global supply chain of a large multinational corporation can wage war on each other. This is a development of the "Mc'Donalds system", that claims no two countries with a strong middle class (that can afford Mc'Donalds) will fight each other. Problem is, this only works on state-backed all-out war. It doesn't affect civil unrests (like the Thailand revolution) or small border skirmishes (like Cashmere, between India and Pakistan), or global terrorism (like Al-Qaeda). The first is a true battle of the have-not's against those who deprive them (which can be a good thing). The second doesn't have a large enough effect on political stability to prevent international investment (which can be a bad thing). The last simply has no deterrent- Al-Qaeda doesn't want to be a part of any global supply chain. They don't want them to exist (except its own). So in many cases (like Myanmar), you and Friedman have the same solution- enhance economic ties, build up a strong middle-class (and encourage transparency and contract-enforcement, which are essential to economic stability), and the rest will happen in and of itself. Question is, what do you do with the de-stablizing global factors. (sorry for the long rant)
29th November 2006

Amazing pix!
binders, these photos are amazing. it might lead us to burma as well, though not on our pre-planned route...
18th November 2007

Great pictures!
Such great pictures, reminding me so much of my time in Burma, almpst ten years ago. And the text is great, too! How did you catch such great pictures of people? I don't usualy like to get too close, and am mostly too shy to ask them for a picture.

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