The dateline should read Putao, Myanmar, billed as the country's northernmost town, where the Himalayas are a stunning backdrop to an exclusive resort served only by air from Yangon and Mandalay. Your correspondent's local travel agent ruled that out. He might get him a room at his favored hotel there in about two weeks - not before. What about Yangon, say the famed Karaweik Palace? "You'll have to plan two months ahead for that one," he insisted.
Myanmar's return to the fold of international relations has prompted a surge in visitors that is forcing would-be tourists to book well ahead instead of relying on the easily-found space at near-empty hotels that has been the case for the past several decades.
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