A novice monk crosses a road as an auto rickshaw carries passengers to a local bazaar on March 17, 2012 in Lashio, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Young Buddhists cerebrate a novitiate ceremony at a monastery in Lashio, Myanmar, on March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Buddhist nuns walk along a road as they collect alms from devotees March 29, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

A woman talks to an elderly Buddhist nun, left, as she donates some money while novice nuns watch from inside a vehicle in the capital Yangon on Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A monk dries off his body after taking a shower at a monastery in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 4, 2012. (AP Photo)

A worker carries plastic tanks in front of his shop in Yangon, Myanmar on April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A girl stands behind balloon toys in Yangon, Myanmar on April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A worker looks out from a window at her office in Yangon, Myanmar on April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Buddhist monk shaves a fellow monk's head in Yangon, Myanmar on April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A man sits in a bus in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 2, 2012. (AP Photo)

A boy with tattoos on his arms walks in a slum area in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

A woman holds flowers and vegetables after morning shopping at a market in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

A man checks handmade umbrellas left drying at a family umbrella workshop in Pathein, Myanmar, on Aug. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

A farmer plows in a paddy field at a village near Pathein, Myanmar, on Aug. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

A shopkeeper waves an American flag at a roadside shop in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 16, 2012. President Barack Obama will visit Myanmar on Monday, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the once pariah nation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)