if you saw our last video then you might have noticed a shot and more
specifically this object now if you're thinking it just looks like a giant to
go to out in the middle of nowhere then you'd be right but this is just a
replica the original life 366 kilometers to the south and the former capital city
of Yangon now we're not going to start to drown you with all the facts because
honestly the history of Yangon is so complex that there's no way we can do it
just appear suffice to say that like the rest of the
country I've seen some stuff the game Gong is like most other big Southeast
Asian cities it's hot chaotic and filled with people coffee and tea shop culture
here in Vermont the cafe man just like to hang out kids walking in is if he
husky chairs and he's hot and you got yourself a
this is a part of Myanmar that we've come to know and love during our travel
in other words it's the complete polar opposite of what we found in the new
capital city of made the town so let's back up where are people so why did we
bother coming here it certainly wasn't for the scenery the
markets or the nightlife the answer is simple burning curiosity after all it's
not every day that you get a chance to see a military government for billion
dollar vanity project that no one's asked for or needed now arguably one of
the most striking features about Navy Tao
aside from the sparseness of the population and the abundance of
unfinished buildings are the massive highways that seem to go on forever we
spent hours driving around aimlessly which is surprisingly fun when you have
so much room to work with but being with stereotypical Americans
that we are we had to supersize our driving experience by seeking out the
widest and the most empty stretch of roads in the country whistles there's a
Burmese parliament building do I have to go through a I don't know
what try to film up that's why the close of window are we allowed to go in
no off limit okay thank you take pictures okay decide take picture
go for it okay there's there's one right behind me
we're outside of the Burmese Parliament building we wanted to get a shot of the
building and also the big road that's in front of it but the guards at the gate
said no so they did however say that Lloyd could take a picture so she's
doing that right now but unfortunately that kind of puts a damper on our plans
that we has to this place for part of them anyway so oh well it is what it is
place Snape now is really weird I'm really glad we came here because the
drive down was also quite the experience and that's ultimately kind of what we
wanted to do we really liked the bike so success didn't turn out the way I
thought but success nonetheless you get it
good we can go around I think you can't get closer yeah we're on the backside of
it okay which would go around this way take your time all right Rach
well here we are we're in front of Parliament now and this is the widest
road I have ever laid eyes okay 20 Lane 21 why why is there 20 late I
don't know Oh seems a bit excessive to me as this
entire one did he one guy only dude right here look at
that
all right so we made it to the other side of Parliament you can see the front
of the building in that direction and this is the big Road that's kind of the
main attraction here in Navy town this is by far the widest road I have ever
laid eyes on or driven on or walked on our hand and stuff I mean the scale is
just quite unbelievable and it's cool actually just being out here in the
middle of the thing as traffic go sliders aren't any cars I'll just know
it's crazy I mean one thing that does come to mind right now too bad though
kind of a crazy waste of resources in building this thing I mean it's totally
unnecessary and over-the-top as is kind of this entire city honestly but this is
this is an amazing amazing thing if you ever find yourself in Myanmar and want
to do something a little bit unique come on down here to the capital
check out this road and all the other weird shit to have that's when off in
the distance and then right behind her is a bunch of I don't know what run
these people or maybe some tourists doing the same thing that we're doing
this kind of a thing I guess what are you preciously
oh there's police cruiser right there baby I think he's coming for us have a
voice what are your impressions I'm going away I mean I knew the whole
freeway but yeah uh he's driving slowly driving slowly let's see what happens
they can close that now driving past us we're making conversation there's a
Burmese copper right to the left of
Lizzie hello I think that dark sign that we should probably get the hell out of
the front of the road yeah okay we're going to call it cops are starting to
circle us here we've been standing out in the middle of the road in front of
Parliament so probably not push our luck the last thing you want to do in Myanmar
is piss off the military and government yep
not a good idea get the hell out of here she's really really roll up and bizarre
okay let's go let's go this giant airplane
so after shaking the Burmese police we found ourselves having lunch and a
gutted out dc-10 once again we were the only ones there which meant we had the
air conditioners and the gaudy decor all to ourselves my god I love the kitchen
at all and now at this point you may be asking yourself what's on the menu when
having lunch and I gutted out their plane in a deserted City well lots of
things but we decided to go with the classics french fries with hot sauce and
a cheese platter on the side so this is our team platter and then dark friends
all right here it looks okay of course we sleep that's our cheese
plate okay you're going to do it moment of truth cheese platter
is it like crap go go yeah I do it alright one thing that it's always funny
in these kitschy cafe things is that like all of them are slightly falling
apart this way to include there's like water
damage all over the place ceiling is kind of falling apart in some spot and
up at the front in the cockpit I also threw the floor because I think there's
some water damage up there excuse but this is a first for me
so yeah always fun always an adventure out here in Burma and just on the road
in general really what travels is not weird you're not doing it right in my
opinion those may disagree look you come through all online
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