Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Strand Hotel in Rangoon -- phew!

http://www.thestar.com/travel/asiapacific/article/804591--yangon-s-the-strand-is-still-a-grande-old-dame

Might meet a junta plant "monk" in the men's rest room, as a western reporter did during the Saffron Reviolution in Sept 2007.

Federal cuts have deeply impacted workers in DC area--

https://apnews.com/article/dc-housing-government-layoffs-furloughs-doge-gallup-84b8f1442a66830c29e23af13735a4e8?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en...