Yangon Don’t get me wrong. A visit to Yangon is amazing, but it’s no walk the park. · Let’s take walking for example. There has been some work on streets and sidewalks, and in fact I regularly saw a pothole patching team in the central city. The new sidewalks are interesting. First they are about …
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Lessons for My Father on Myanmar and Yangon
Yangon My father used to ask me after every new exploration of a country unknown to either of us to tell him what might “interest” him that I had seen or learned. Though he passed away a bit over 5 years ago, it’s one of many habits that I choose not to break, so enjoy …
Myanmar, a Texas-size Country with Resources to Match
Yangon Until you are on the ground, you don’t fully realize how big Myanmar is. The city sprawls out, but is teeming with people, buses filled to the gills, sidewalks India-like with people, cars, street sellers, and hawkers with tea shops on small plastic stools serving whatever, whenever, and wherever they can fit in. Thinking …