| I always think of Mae Sot as being a brilliant gateway to either Hell or Paradise.
The recent problems in Burma {I have this habit of using the name I am most familiar with, Myanmar will no doubt come with time} make it extremely difficult if not impossible to relate some of the tales on a public forum.
Idle gossip and drunken talk can be a hell of a recipe for disaster.
I intend remaining cautious in this aspect.
One thing that is beautiful about the jungles and mountains of this country though, is the virginity of the the same. It's more than a pity to know these hills are battlegrounds, littered with mines.
In Mae Sot at times, it is possible to drop very lucky and purchase outstanding red star or blue star rubies, sometimes brilliant jade. It is a case of luck though, the majority of the best is ear-marked for Bangkok, never having made it onto the streets.
Gems are smuggled in clothing, pushed up into the anus, swallowed and some are so large that the smuggler may not be able to pass them and this results in hospitalisation, operations etc. Burmese border guards are suspicious of many, it is not uncommon for them to push a stick up the backside of a suspect and if it touches on anything hard, they have the contraband. Suspects are given strong laxatives without the courtesy of an x-ray. Trial and error is perhaps the name of the game,
The poor smugglers are at times simply murdered, people disappear and nobody really cares.
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All the women take their blouses off
And the men all dance on the polka dots
It's closing time ! |