This is part 2 of the Myanmar trip story and was written by Dick Svee. Burma Road They lived among an ancient civilization; hundreds of pagodas and stupas in various stages of decay, some with cracks and broken plaster revealing eroding brick foundations; others with trees growing and swallowed by the encroaching forest. […]
Part 1 — from Bill and Sherry — written after they were back on board ship. Life changing. Awesome. Incredible. Overwhelming. Beautiful people. I was traveling alone and this mother with eight children who lives in a small one-room house invited me in to eat with them. … I’ll need some time to unpack what […]
Ira and I have just returned from a 6 day trip to Myanmar/Burma where we joined up with friends we made on Semester at Sea Fall 2002, Bill and Sherry May, and Dick and Beth Svee. These two couples are on Semester at Sea again for the Fall 2006 voyage — Bill is teaching a […]