By Phil Vinter PUBLISHED: 07:57 EST, 29 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:37 EST, 30 May 2012 For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return. Now, in a sign of how much life there has changed, she's back to being a world traveler. Bangkok's towering skyscrapers and sprawling urban lights will be the opposition leader's first glimpse of the outside world when she lands Tuesday night to kick off a tour of two continents. It's a stark contrast to the sleepy city of Yangon, where the former military regime kept her a prisoner in her own home for a total of 15 years.
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Democracy campaigner to finally pick up Nobel Peace Prize in Geneva
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Will give speeches to both Houses of Parliament in the UK
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World trip will also take in France
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In Dublin she will take to the stage with U2 frontman Bono
Bangkok, the city @placeholder visits this week, now has towering skyscrapers, a subway and elevated rail system and slightly milder traffic jams.