I went to Yangon which was no where near the golden triangle, ergo there was no mafias, no druglords & no poppies. There is nothing communist that i can see. No giraffe neck women walking around with pots on their head. No Aung San Suu Kyi obviously, but theres a Bogyoke Aung San market that was named after her father though. Anyway its an amazing place.