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Myanmar Lost

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Welcome to readers from Chile, Belarus, South Korea, Italy, Mexico, Cambodia, Switzerland, Brunei and Nepal Just a short ride away across the Kra Buri river in Thailand is Kawthaung (formerly called Victoria Point). Architecture in this part of Burma looks a little like England 120  years ago. The mood here is mournful leading to wistful. Listen to Sebastien Tellier's mournful  L'Adulte  below: L'Adulte in London Filmed for my favourite newspaper in one of my favourite cities, London, with my favourite music artist du jour. * Myanmar - unsurprisingly, not the easiest place to be. People here in this part of Myanmar are shy and very short of money. The combination makes visiting a little rough-going. Infrastructure is basic and commercial development almost nil. Well exactly nil. There are hotels for visitors. Inside mine the white-tiled appearance of a sanitarium. Another resembled a broken down 1970s miners social club. Myan