Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 03.05.08 | 12:30 PM ET
That would be Naypyidaw, which Robert Reid writes in Perceptive Travel, “is already joining the ranks of intentional cities that must look good on paper, but are just awful to live in.”
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Tim Patterson 03.05.08 | 6:15 PM ET
You beat me to it, Jim. Reid’s piece was one of the best travel stories I’ve read so far this year. Am sure it will make Jason Wilson’s short list.