![]() ![]() And then, on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise - and disappear. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses. ![]() With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes." - Anonymous Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. ![]() And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. ![]()
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