Myanmar has been touted as the next exciting country to see rapid economic development. Being a skeptic, I wanted to observe it myself and the only way is to set foot onto the busiest city in Myanmar, Yangon. Please note that this personal account was not a comprehensive view of Myanmar, or even Yangon, as I only spent four days mostly in the Chinatown region of Yangon.

A few fun facts first

Road directions were built for left-hand drives, but cars are mainly right-hand drives. Myanmar used to be a British colony and should have their road built for right-hand drive like the rest of the Commonwealth countries. However, apparently the roads were already laid in Myanmar since the advent of automobile and it has always been left-hand drive directions. President Ne Win in 1970 set the traffic law to switch to right-hand drive cars subsequently with reasons unknown. Hence, ......