Jonathan Fairfield Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Looks like it's easy to get around and hassle free finding a hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioc Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Interesting! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callaway Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Very Interesting, THX for posting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thanks...that was both entertaining and informative...learned something new today...thanks to you... Drones have taken video to a whole new level...being able to see the world from above the canopy is a wonderful new adventure... Please do bring us more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankondang Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Excellent video of the new capital. It was built by the military....but the country holds elections now. Hope for us still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coota Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thanks, amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissbie Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I really enjoyed this one, very impressive. I didn't expect it that empty. A completely other world than Yangon. Looks nice, but what a waste of (elsewhere urgently needed) money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanukjim Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great Video. Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolut Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The Top Gear guys managed to get in there when they did one of their specials, looks just as deserted a year on. You can't help but wonder what the future hold for this new capital, will the newly elected government actually start to use it, will people start utilising the hotels or will it simply fall into ruin over the next decade or two. It certainly would be interesting to visit. An empty 20 lane road would be a blast to drive down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALes Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 A Burmese lady told me the Capital was built with dozens of secret underground passageways to shuttle the ruling junta and their cronies to safety in case of an uprising. The whole purpose of Naypiyataw is isolation and protection of an unpopular military government, which had become increasingly difficult in Yangon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingdoc Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I understood that the new Capital was built on the advice of an astrologer to the Senior General, suggesting that a brand new Capital 350 Km North of Yangon, would not be vulnerable to an attack by sea. Passing it a few months ago, it really is a white elephant, and despised by every single person I talked to ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingdoc Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I also understand that no foreigners are allowed to visit any of the Government buildings ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 it's worth a look on google earth! as usual with coconuts though, many claims are just sensationalism, for example the "footprint larger than Berlin" or the "runway" - the road is way too short for even smaller private planes to takeoff, for example gulfstreams or falcons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Thanks for the video!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siam2007 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I passed along Naypitaw in 2011, when the transition of the country had just started, while on board of a Night Bus between Yangon and Mandalay. From afar you could see all the surreal illuminated buildings and one giant Pagoda. a really weird experience. But I believe that the new (elected!) government should actually make use of the buildings and infrastructure - because it has already been built so there is no reason to tear it down again. In the situation Myanmar is, it pays to be pragmatic, me thinks. A huge international Airport there too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomtomtom69 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I also understand that no foreigners are allowed to visit any of the Government buildings ! Not true anymore, I think that was the case at the beginning but has since changed. Now they are even promoting visits to such buildings for foreign tourists, according to an article I read some months back on one of the Myanmar news websites, might have been MMtimes.com or Irrawaddy, can't remember which one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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