irony

One little tidbit about the State PEeace and Development council's policies: July 19 is Martyr's Day, a memorial for Bogyoke Aung San, the power-player who managed the use the japanese to kick out the brits, then bring the brits back to kick out the japanese, all while keeping the 109 ethnicities of Myanmar united. He was assasinated shortly after he achieved independence and consolidated the country. In any case, July 19, the anniversary of his assassination, is the only day of the year that his mausoleum is open for viewing. My cabbie and I pulled up at noon on the 19th, but lo, there we beheld a barbed-wire barrier accompanied by guards who told us, "No, this is closed today."