I’m in the States now for a month-long stint of speaking, conferences, catching up with old friends and of course making new ones. This trip, however, has been particularly nostalgic. As a medical student in 1997 I delivered a baby girl to Shirley and Moses, a Karen family living on the Thai-Burma border seeking refuge [...]
Posts Tagged ‘burma’
Hometown Musings
Posted in expat life, tagged burma, refugee, Thailand on Tuesday, 1 November 2011 | 1 Comment »
Burma and China: Disasters in Asia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged burma, china on Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I’m sure it has for all of you, I have been crushed with the news of the cyclone that wiped out parts of Burma and the earthquake that shattered parts of China. With relief, I can say that Kunming and Yunnan province in general has not been affected as it lies to the South [...]




