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Originally Posted by KMC1
I am naive to that part of the world, but why are you being required to get permission from the government for your route, and a police escort, for a dozen people to take a ride?
And why are they charging U.S. Dollars - and more for foreigners?
This doesn't sound like a very safe place to bother going to?
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Because Myanmar is a military dictatorship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma#Human_rights