Tourists and a Buddhist monk walk in front of Sakura Tower in Yangon December 7, 2011. Hours after Hillary Clinton finished the first visit in more than half a century by a U.S. Secretary of State to Myanmar, property prices began to soar. The price hike reflects shoots of optimism among investors sizing up the resource-rich, former British colony following the most dramatic changes since the military took power in what was then known as Burma in a 1962 coup. To match Insight MYANMAR-INVESTMENT/ REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOCIETY)