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สอง. Rubies and Rucksacks

We came alongside a tuk-tuk containing a large Western man. He lay limp in the back. A woman was screaming.

Enam. Escape to Singapore

I had been warned how dangerous Jakarta was, but after six months of travel I had become complacent.

I know in my heart of hearts that it’s me blocking myself, not a bossman on the other side.

Riots in Prome, curfew in Taunggyi, demonstrations in Rangoon, the base of the Shwedagon pagoda covered with anti-government banners.