Of course.Stagger Lee wrote:Do they still charge foreigners an entry fee to those nice-looking parks in Yangon ??black69wolf69 wrote:And Phnom Penh is better?NO JOKE DAVE wrote:I agree with the article. I lived in Yangon for two years and have no desire ever to return.
3 hours a day in a taxi with no AC
$20,000 up front to rent a barely functioning 2 bedroom apartment for a year
Awful weather barring 6 weeks either side of Xmas
Next to zero amenities
Anything approaching western standard comes with a 500% mark-up
Everything closes at 11pm
Mould, dirt and filth everywhere
That being said, the people are genuinely warm and the rest of the country(excluding Mandalay) is nice.
I don't think so. Yangon is at least cleaner, has more parks, has less chaotic traffic, has more aesthetically pleasing architecture, friendlier people (though Khmers are generally friendly too)....
Yangon is surely a vast improvement on a few years ago, that's for sure.
Yangon worst 'quality of life' city in Asia
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Rune wrote:What the hell is Yangon. Rangoon apparently.
The name was changed in 1989. Try and keep up.
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