United Nations has envoied Ibrahim Gambari jets across Asia,pressing for an active dialogue to bring democracy to Myanmar. So the people in the country's two lagest cities, Mandaly and Yangon, watch and wait. Many private homes have satellite dishes to catch Western news. And though few people can afford their own computers or their own telephones, logging in to international news sites is easy at Internet cafes, so many here have access to the latest information.
Tourists have been staying away. Hotels are nearly empty. The drivers of a three-wheeled cycle rickshaw, or trishaw, said he waited all day for one fare and got the equivalent of 3$,not enough to feed the family.
Yangon feels like a forgotten city. Although some of its Buddhist pagodas gleam with golden spires and electricity flickers on and off quite frequently.
In Mandalay, also a site of monkled protests, the monks are more visibles,with several walking to shops and resturants in the mornings, collecting alms,rice and curries for their midday meals. " The monks who demonstrated are all gone", said one monk. He didn't partecipate because he was afraid of the soldiers. "I want democracy", he said. He has a radio and listens to the Voice of America,but only when he is alone.
He isn'l the only to eant the democracy and freedom in Myanmar, but the question is: is there yet hope for ex Burma?
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