US Department of State - travel advisory and SMART traveler registration

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1077.html

Aung San Suu Kyi during the April 1, 2012 by elections - frame grab. Burma still has serious problems including Buddhist-Muslim strife whipped up by the ruling junta, war in NE, landless farmers and striking workers en mass and "disciplined democracy" is not all it's cracked up to be - so caution is always in order.