Burma: ‘There Are So Many Songs Waiting To Be Sung in This Country’

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  04.30.07 | 1:47 PM ET

The debate about whether travelers should visit Burma goes on, but Carolann Moisse made her decision: She and her husband traveled through the country, supporting “private initiative” and putting their tourist dollars in places that they hoped wouldn’t support the country’s government. Her story in the Christian Science Monitor describes roads with “potholes the size of meteorite craters” and a few fleeting moments of connection.

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