Alive? What a Relief: Notes from an Escape from Northern Myanmar’s Hell

To ordinary people, northern Myanmar is a place more terrifying than hell.

There are no romantic love stories here, not even the kind that are a load of bullshit, and this place is nothing like the gold mine they've made it out to be. Every inch of land is tainted by filthy dealings. Gambling, prostitution, drugs, and fraud run rampant, while years of internal strife and war form an invisible net that squeezes the life out of people. Death can come at any moment!

Think you're smart enough to tell right from wrong and truth from lies? The people lurking in the shadows are far more cunning and unscrupulous than you can imagine. They don't just have guards armed with AKs and military knives. They also have teams of highly educated strategists working for them. Before they scam you, they've already uncovered everything about you, learning you inside and out and planning their every move so meticulously that you'll never see it coming. Don't believe it? The chat logs later on will give you the answer!