We walked across the “Friendship” bridge into Burma, watching boats of illegals going back and forth underneath us.
It was like crossing from the US to Mexico, only in this scenario, the US is Thailand. Burma makes Thailand look like a rich country with great infrastructure and healthy dogs.
The only really pleasurable part of the experience was in the immigration “office”, where we listened to a Brit trying to haggle with the Burmese guard on the entry fee. The Burmese immigration officials, incidentally, are the nicest of anywhere I’ve ever been, but were still unable to reduce the price.
"You may know it better as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me."
-Mr. Peterman, Seinfeld Episode "The Foundation"
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