Being a monk in Myanmar: Personal transformation in a changing country

Being a monk in Myanmar: Personal transformation in a changing country – CNN, October 15, 2013
…Foreigners then were viewed with suspicion, and arranging to enter the forest retreat of Chanmyay Yeiktha, one of the most traditional of the country’s monasteries, took some string-pulling.
I eventually found myself shaved and robed and sitting in the little hut that would be my home for the next six weeks…