Myanmar Feature Articles

Feature Articles

• The Generals in Their Labyrinth
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  Before the rains, before the winds, before the tens of thousands of missing and dead, PATRICK SYMMES sneaked into Burma's secret capital, where the military rules from a sun-baked plain, guided by the forecasts of astrologers. A report from the last flight out of a shuttered nation, where, even hours before the cyclone, nobody had a clue.
• The Ghost Road
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  Winding a thousand miles from India to China, the Burma Road was built to defend China in World War II, but the atomic bomb made it irrelevant and the jungle reclaimed it. Mark Jenkins vowed to do what no one had done for nearly 60 years—travel the entire Burma Road—and discovered the madness of present-day Myanmar.
• Burma or Bust
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  A half-mad dash to Hkakabo Razi seemed like a good idea at the time. And hey, how tough can it be to sneak past the Chinese Army?
• The Wanderlist
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• Top 10 Romantic Hideaways
  Ten places worldwide, the exotic and the down-home, where Hallmark Cards' honeyed tendrils are yet to exploit. And for that, we can be thankful.
• Best Trips of 2001: Grand Openings
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  Grand Openings -- The world's destinations