I Visited MYANMAR in 2025

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00:00Today I'm traveling to Myanmar. Myanmar. Myanmar. Myanmar, which has for the last four years

00:07been ripped apart by civil war. The military seized power earlier today.

00:14And I'll be spending the next five days here in what will probably be my most intense travel

00:19experience yet.

00:33Yeah, it should have been poor. That's it.

00:36That's the temple, yeah?

00:43We've still got an hour till martial law.

00:44I've got the taxi down to where I'm staying. It's about 12.30 now and I'm half an hour away from

00:54martial law kicking in as my taxi drivers just told me. It's basically illegal to be out in the street.

01:02Still trying to find this hostel. Literally no one here. No one here at all.

01:14So I'm just walking past some of these temples now.

01:24Yeah, completely empty the streets here. Slightly disconcerting.

01:30Good morning from Myanmar. I'm here in the capital Yangon. My first proper day in the city.

01:36I've just about recovered from the ordeal of trying to find the hostel last night.

01:41And it's pretty hectic here. Even crossing the street here is a massive challenge.

01:50We're going to go to a little market now. I think there'll be quite a lot of fakes on sale here.

01:56Here we go.

01:56Here we go. Loads of clothes. Literally everywhere.

02:05How much? How much are these?

02:10What size? 10. UK 10.

02:15How much?

02:19It's a little bit of history about this country.

02:21So Myanmar, or as it was originally called Burma, gained independence from the British in 1948.

02:28And since then it's been kind of characterised by a lot of civil unrest.

02:32And 70% of its existence as a new country has been under military rule.

02:38So the last attempt at democracy ended in 2021.

02:42When there was a military coup and the tanks, the tanks rolled into the streets here.

02:46And the military presence was higher than ever in the cities I was staying in.

02:58Got some lovely tea here.

03:07Get some tea.

03:12With the local military.

03:13See you later.

03:20Tonight I'm going to be taking the night bus to the new capital, Naypyidaw.

03:26All right, we're getting a taxi to the first bus.

03:31I think I'm going to miss the first bus.

03:34So slow.

03:37All right, we're here with one minute to spare.

03:40I really hope.

03:41Yeah, down there.

03:45All right, we just made it.

03:54I'm here at the bus terminal.

03:56There's one slight problem.

03:58About 200 buses here.

04:00I have no idea which one's mine.

04:02I finally found the bus I'm getting on.

04:09I'm going to take a copy of my visa.

04:20Apparently I need another document.

04:21I just haven't been given.

04:23After an overnight bus journey and numerous military checkpoints.

04:28I finally arrived in Naypyidaw.

04:30What's been described as the world's weirdest capital city.

04:34The vibe here was just very creepy.

04:48I'm in the background.

04:57Don't seem to be too fast.

05:00So this is the 20 lane highway to my right.

05:02I'm actually walking onto the wrong side of the road.

05:06On the 20 lane highway.

05:08I mean there's literally almost no cars here.

05:11So this city Naypyidaw which is now the capital was built officially to try and deal with the

05:20overpopulation to help redistribute the people.

05:23There are actually more unsettling reasons that it was built potentially to stop uprisings

05:31and as a better defensive position in the city.

05:34The police officer has just given me a lift to the pagoda.

05:42What a G.

05:45Good boy.

05:45Hello.

05:49They're giving me this robe because I'm not allowed my jorts.

05:55Shall I step in?

06:04Right we're entering the pagoda now.

06:08I've been given these lovely new robes because I'm not allowed shorts.

06:12I have to take my shoes off as well.

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