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Tom B, New York, NY — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:51:17 GMT

Nice entry. BTW, photo #15 is of nuns, not monks.

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bree free, pgh, pa — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:31:22 GMT

sorry, but you shouldn't have been traveling into myanmar. aung sung su kyi has requested tourists to remain away until democracy is restored. i have honored her request. wish more would. it's not a "closed to the world" secret little playground for westerners. why is it not possible to email nbc journalists?

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Thiri Nyunt, Phoenix, Arizona — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:43:06 GMT

Dear Cathy,

Thanks for writing about our motherland and the people. I left Burma twenty years ago, miss my country much.
Please help our people as much as you can, thanks!

Thiri Nyunt
(A Burmese Musician)

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SK Chicago, Il — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:41 GMT

Thank you for sharing your interesting insights and photos and for offering a peek behind the curtain. You provide a human back story to the unimaginable tragedy.

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Lisa, Ocoee, FL — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:20:52 GMT

Great story! I visited this amazing county a few years ago, and found it fascinating. I have been watching the news closely since the protests last fall as it holds a special place in my heart. Thanks for the story of your trip, it brought back great memories! My prayers go out to the people struggling for their lives.

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Maung, California — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:13 GMT

Dear Cathy,
Thank you so much for sharing your story with others about our motherland. It's great to see an article like yours more on personal point of view than politics.
Please pray for the victims.
Everything counts and the time is running out.

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Kimberley Pearson Fort Myers Florida — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:48:41 GMT

Hi Cathy, Love your story.Thank you for posting it. I have been traveling to Myanmar for 9 years now. I also just returned from Myanmar at the end of March. I wrote a human interest story to submit to newspapers across the country and have sent it out to a few but have not seen anything printed yet. I was wondering if you want to read it and maybe put it up with a couple photos? I spent a lot of my time in the villages this year where people had not seen a foreigner since the Junta took over in 1962. It was awesome and the people everywhere are so loving, simple and beautiful. Everywhere I went they said thank you America for how you have helped us by sending people to teach etc. It is because of their inner strength that they have been able to survive this Regime for so many years. my photos are up on my web site. www.graphicsall.com

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Frank, Swindon, UK — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:33:01 GMT

Thanks Cathy, that was a nice reminder to me of how it was back in 2004, when I was fortunate to go to Myanmar. I visited my aunt, 2 cousins and 3 second cousins for the first time. The advice they gave me was for people to come to Myanmar, but to choose carefully where they spend their money. My first cousin also suggested that the policy of Aung Sung Su Kyi was wrong, for it hurt the people she was supposed to be for!

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James Gilson Valley, AL — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:24:46 GMT

This was a well written report. Thanks for the entry.

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Richard Padilla, Pueblo Colorado — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:44:53 GMT

Hi Cathy,
I too feel the pain for the people of Myanmar. I traveled to Thailand for just over a month in "2000" and crossed the boarder entering Myanmar from Mae Sai. The people were very friendly and happy to see Americans. I plan on returning in "08" or "09". Thailand has had it's problems, since the Sunami.The people of Myanmar and Thailand are quiet hard working, and proud people.

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Edward M Beijing, China — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:50:12 GMT

Nice story Cathy. Curious to know why you didn't stay?
Do you have any plans to return for an extended period of time, say maybe a large part of your life?

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Kepiloni Foliaki — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:50:10 GMT

Great story Cathy. It provides some behind-the-scene glimpses into the lives of the people in this beautiful country.

Thanks for shharing your trip.

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Jerry, San Francisco, California — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:59:54 GMT

Thanks to Cathy share of your memory.

Burmese people cry out loud to get help from outsider but some like no one seen to hear at all. Even UN can't not do anything to get help in Burma? Because Junta is a top guy to deal with. United State of America take down Saddam Hussein just for oil, mess murders, nuclear weapon? Burma have oil too but not as much as Iraq!
Everyone talking about human right, what about the Burmese people, may be Burmese people no need to be treat as a human?

Love from Jerry San Francisco California