Martine, apologies for going off-topic about travel information which you are possibly after (I guess above posts gave you enough views to make your mind about visiting Burma or not, in principal).
If you decide to go and like independent travel, I suggest you to read Lonely Planet guide and forum. Plenty of info there and lots of latest details, trip reports and hints.
If you prefer to travel in a package group (I still think it is worse), then there are travel agents who sell tours to Burma (mostly limited to Yangoon-Baga-Mandalay circle).
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Jimbo99, your last post is good enough but we still have not seen any contribution from yourselves about Burma sights and things to do there (that is purpose of this forum and thread). Do you have anything to contribute to Martine and other people interested in TRAVEL TO Burma?
All your posts were in support of political party and leader that didn't know how to manage their country (incuding military) after elections thus they had lost what they miracly won. I would say, they won elections while nobody in the goevrnment considered them as serious opponents. Well, this things happenned in many countries and sometimes it gets self-corrected after surprises. Take Spain or Chile - it might also give you some thoughts about what was better for their countries in long-term - dictators Franco and Pinochet or communist partisans and Salvador Aliende at al. And lets not start about post-discator Iraq...
As for Aung's representation of Burmese people in 1990... Well, I see interesting picture from the links - she grew up and spent her life abroad since 1965 (living comfortable life in embassies and western countries - I take it she had little clue about her country and real lifes of Burmese people). She came back to Burma in 1988 only. I serously doubt that many Burmese people have had any knowledge about her existance before 1989. Somehow she got wide publicity during 1989 via media campaigns, meetings and demonstrations (it is easy to start popular with demonstarators). Provided the rulers did not consider them seriously (remind me Germany of late 1920s and victory in early 1930s...), they managed to get lots of votes from millions of ordinary people who were not fully happy with their government. The rest is history. Here is my view on how things developed.
Overall, I dont see there is a good ground to say that somebody appearing in the country out of the blue months before elections, would really represent his/her people. It is just easy to promise and give vauge speeches about "freedom" thus winning people hearts.
I do respect her sufferings and struggle all last years (somehow children live in comfortable London though?) but I think she is very naive politically in her peaceful revolution (like Sakharov used to be all his life). On positive side that might keep her alive all these years. I am sorry to say but politics is a dirty game and she had and will have to act stronger to win. But the most serious question (for Burma) is what she will do with the victory and country after celebration day?