Changing Burma: Preserving the old, embracing the new
A classic old building in Downtown Yangon. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com
Typical Yangon street wiring. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com
When I first came to Burma, also known as Myanmar, in 2009 it felt like a country frozen in time due to its years of isolation and stagnation. Indeed I recall penning an article for Jet Star, something along the lines of it being one of the few places left you could glimpse the Asia of old, one that existed some 50 years ago. And at that time, within the glittering modernity of much of Asia’s new sky rise cities, that was oddly appealing but also a rather simplistic perception.
Changing Burma Preserving the Old, Embracing the New by Thavam Ratna
Changing Burma Preserving the Old, Embracing the New by Thavam Ratna