Yangon which you may know as Rangoon is another of Burma's crumbling cities, since the governments decision to build a new capital, (apparently a fortune teller predicted that Yangon was going to be bombed by Iran unless a new capital was built.) Yangon has lost investment and it shows as you take your life in your hands walking down the road, if you dont pay attention you risk falling into the sewer or tripping on the uneven paving. The new capital in the centre of Burma is a strange place with multiple millions of public funds invested. It is a shining example of a city, with perfect roads, clean pavements, neat houses - in fact the only thing that it seems to be missing are the people - it is essentially a shell which has diverted
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