Burma – or Myanmar– is the ‘it’ destination of the moment, having featured in almost every recent travel magazine's ‘where to go’ list.. It’s a far cry from a few years ago when the travel media was debating whether it was ethical to go, human rights groups were advising travellers not to, and publishers were slammed for releasing books on Burma. This Southeast Asian country lying on the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, with Thailand and Laos on its eastern border, China to its north, and India and Bangladesh to its west.