A Bitter Taste of Burma
I have some very good friends who are Burmese by birth and so I wanted to go to the border of Burma while I was in Thailand. On principle, I would not enter Burma, but I was curious to see the border and hopefully see some people from the oft forgotten country under the grip of a harsh miltary junta.
The most northern town in Thailand is Mae Sai and so this is where we headed. It was not long before we saw some pitiful sights of malnourished and poor people from Burma. The photos tell their own story
The young girl below was begging through the railings at the border post:
The young boy below had found his own illegal route into Thailand avoiding the guards:
Heading back to Burma at the end of the day with some basic necessities for life:
It was only a snapshot of life at the border of Thailand and Burma but it gave me an indication of the suffering and hardship being endured by the people under oppression.