jpatokal
24-06-08, 04:30 PM
The International Herald Tribute visits Nappy-Doo (as I hereby christen the world's hardest-to-spell capital):
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/asia/myanmar.php
The bamboo forests and sugarcane fields that once covered the gently sloping hills here have been replaced by hulking government buildings, roads so long and straight they resemble runways and a vast construction site marked by a sign that could be read as a metaphor for the entire project: "Parliament zone. Do not enter." ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/asia/myanmar.php
The bamboo forests and sugarcane fields that once covered the gently sloping hills here have been replaced by hulking government buildings, roads so long and straight they resemble runways and a vast construction site marked by a sign that could be read as a metaphor for the entire project: "Parliament zone. Do not enter." ...