About eight years ago, I was fortunate enough to travel to Burma in the cosseted comfort of Orient-Express's Road to Mandalay, http://www.orient-express.com/web/rtm/road_to_mandalay.jsp, a luxury river cruise through this forbidden land.
I was bewitched by the countryside and the people even in light of their great hardships.
You can read about it on my travel website, http://wanderwomanonline.com/pdfs/Burma.pdf.
The Oscar-nominated documentary Burma VJ, is equally affecting. It profiles the courage of reporters in the face of a repressive military regime and media censorship.
One haunting line, "Our stories are silent," reminds us of the importance of journalism. And the enduring value of telling stories.
Check it out at: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Burma_VJ/70113931?strackid=6bac1e6a984658c8_0_srl&strkid=907621913_0_0&trkid=438381.
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