people used to live here, but the government came along in the 80s, i believe, and relocated. it was a mass relocation project. philippe: right. anthony: so, any homes, anything, it was understood that this is a good you know, there s some tourist bucks here. they relocated the entire population. we re in one of the first mass waves of tourists. european tourists have been coming here in relatively small numbers for a long time. but the floodgates have certainly opened. they re building hotels like crazy around this area, what s called the tourist triangle. philippe: i really like this, too. woman: this is silk and cotton poly. philippe: and what what is this here? oh, this this is a this is a nice cloth. anthony: as myanmar begins its shift towards accommodating increasing tourism and a service economy to go with it, there will be adjustments. there will be, of course, a downside. girl: now, how much you pay? philippe: okay. anthony: what s that going to mean?
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somewhat uncomfortable 10-hour trip. so really the question on this end of the journey is come back on the train or flying coffin? mishaps on both burmese planes and trains are not, shall we say, unheard of. the widowmaker express. that is the choice. so that may be the signal to depart at some point. yeah. all aboard. whoa. we re moving. here we go. here we go. that s it. we have reached our cruising speed. really? this is cruising speed? you can literally outrun this train. we could jog ahead, have a nice meal in some, you know, recommended restaurant. we could catch up with it.
i like to say my early influence was nirvana, and then sex pistols and ramones, and stuff like that. what american bands do you hate? definitely creed. yes. yes. they are like the worst band in the history of, like, the world. so what s it like having an indie band in myanmar? is it difficult? for sure, for sure. yeah. before you record a song, so, you know, like, when you ve got the lyrics, you ve got to submit the lyrics. so they re going to censor it, they re going to check it. and even sometimes they will, you know, suggest you some words to change. that must be funny. very funny, actually. now is that still the case? now, it s not like that anymore.
in 2007, a japanese journalist was shot point-blank and killed filming a street demonstration. be seen talking to anybody with a camera, and there would likely be a knock on your door in the middle of the night. yet so far confronted with our cameras, a few smiles, and mostly indifference at worst. shocking, considering how recently the government has started to relax its grip. we love to eat. and don t forget, for 50 years, we were under two dictatorships, and officially under socialist, there were not a lot of things to do but, you know, cook and share food and, you know. this is ma thanegi, a famous and very controversial figure in public life. myanmar or burma? myanmar, because that s the original name since the 13th century. ma thanegi, like u thiha saw, has also spent time in prison. but on emerging after three