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Cake day: December 8th, 2024

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  • I’ve been there in the good between times in 2018 solo backpacking after quitting my job and buying a ticket to Vietnam with intention of finding a better country to live in. Loved it. The government only let tourists go to certain places so i couldn’t rent a motorcycle and go wherever like my usual travel style. The one i could was electric in bagan. Came from Chang Mai to mandalay, to bagan, then to inle lake then Yangon IIRC. The people, food , wats, and country was incredible. Given that i didn’t get off the tourist trail much I wish i had spent a lot more than ~2 weeks there. I think about these guys maybe late teens or early 20s i hung out with on a roof one day in mandalay and wonder what happened to them with this war. I support the toppling of the junta and watched intently via reddit Myanmar subs when it was starting and until i switched to Lemmy. On a lighter note I miss those handmade cigarettes.