Burma and Kipling’s “Winking Wonder”
Late in the tropical evening torpor of Yangon, we strolled along Strand Road, named for the Strand, the venerable Victorian hotel built in 1901 by the Sarkies brothers who also built Raffles in Singapore. We’d been drinking Pegu Clubs and Strand…
Burma
A land of contrasts, Burma was officially rechristened Myanmar in 1989, although the name Burma is still widely used by governments around the world.