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...dilapidated train from Rangoon, a trip so punishingly long that giant spiders had spun terrifying webs from the luggage racks by the time we arrived. On this occasion, I went by air, which meant landing at one of the most eerie monuments to Burma's economic mismanagement: Mandalay International Airport. Topped with baroque spires to recall the palatial splendors of Burma's royal past, the airport was completed in 2000 at an estimated cost of $150 million. Today, ox carts ply its grand, four-lane approach road while the building slumbers in near darkness. The departure and arrival boards...
...junta evidently believed a lavish new airport would transform Mandalay into a regional business hub. However, most goods still arrive in the city by the usual overland route. Mandalay is the terminus of the Burma Road, its trading lifeline to neighboring China, and the main reason the economy has plodded along without ever breaking down catastrophically (so far). Another reason is the nation's staggering agricultural wealth...
TOKYO The most popular luggage at bustling Narita airport is always Louis Vuitton--specifically the Pegase 60 upright roller ($1,540) in the classic monogram canvas...
...arrival at the Burj Al Arab hotel, if you can't believe you're in the Middle East, that forsaken corner of the world that seems doomed to endless war, terrorism and zealotry. The chauffeur of your Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph will collect you at Dubai's palm-studded airport, transport you past the shimmering skyscrapers and finally pull up to a resort that feels a lot more like Las Vegas than Arab sheikdom. Here, in an awesome, sail-shaped edifice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, obsequious staff will conduct you to one of the Burj Al Arab...
...opinionistas are a diverse bunch: newspaper editorial writers draped in cardigan sweaters and clutching pipes, columnists dictating a few trenchant paragraphs on cell phones while striding self-importantly through Reagan National Airport, troll-like TV commentators with ill-fitting teeth, fat and angry radio talk-show hosts ... We all agree on very little. But we share a common bewilderment about the venom attached to these recent accusations of plagiarism and fabrication...