Tour guides aren?t scared to tell the truth... "Burma?s independent tour guides can sometimes be refreshingly independent. San Tha Kyaw, the guide who welcomed us aboard the bus at the start of our package tour of Burma, was clearly no apologist for the regime, and his patter raised some eyebrows among our group. A Burmese soldier rests in front of a stupa in the archaeological zone of old Pagan ?We are now driving along Pyay Road,? he informed us as we approached the city from the airport. ?As we drive you will see that some parts of Yangon are not illuminated. That is because the government has established a rotating system to provide electricity to different parts of the city at a time. Our country is rich, but the people are poor. Our riches are taken by the military and big business.? As the bus approached University Avenue, San Tha Kyaw informed us that Aung San Suu Kyi?s home was on this road. ?But you cannot go there. She is under house arrest. She is a very nice lady, she is upright.? A glowing description of Aung San Suu Kyi?s background, her life and achievements followed. ?I can say that 99.9 percent of our people like her. Only 0.1 percent do not, and those are in the military.?..."