Veteran rocker Mick Jagger winds up quiet holiday in Myanmar
Bagyan
Wed Nov 26, 1:44 PM ET
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Veteran rocker Mick Jagger (news) vacationed in
Myanmar free of the fans and paparazzi who usually dog him, officials
and news reports said Wednesday.
Accompanied by a woman friend and a bodyguard, Jagger arrived on a
private plane last Friday and left on Tuesday, the Myanmar-language
7-Day News journal said.
Many opponents of Myanmar's military regime support a tourism boycott
of the country to pressure the government into restoring democracy and
improving human-rights conditions. The anti-tourism campaign is
especially strong in Jagger's native England.
"Mick Jagger's visit is purely private and confidential," an official
from Abercrombie and Kent Travels in Yangon, which made the Rolling
Stone's travel arrangements, told The Associated Press.
The official refused to give any other details or disclose the name of
Jagger's friend, except to say she looked between 25 to 30 years of
age.
During his trip, Jagger spent a night in the luxurious, 102-year-old
Strand Hotel in Yangon, which costs more than $900 US per night, said
a hotel staff member on condition of anonymity.
"Most people my generation do not know Mick Jagger well, but we have
heard of his name," said the 28-year old worker who said her uncle is
a fan of Jagger, 56.