Burma and Myanmar: From Junta Repression to Luxury Tourism
Four decades, three visits, two names, one country.
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It's happy hour in the bar of The Strand hotel in Yangon.
A smartly dressed barman mixes a Strand Sour as fans slowly revolve below the high ceiling. Musicians play. Tourists at tables beside the teak-lined walls check guidebooks and discuss where to go for dinner.