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Run out of countries?
naejae91:
What about Zimbabwe or Swaziland? Both countries are in Southern part of Africa, neighbouring with South Africa. I'm not sure about the safety is allowed for TAR filming in the above countries. :iok
Keepcopz:
Anyone know why Burma/Laos/Brunei still got zero visit? It's relatively safe country with some touristy place. (Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon,Burma / Laung Prabang in Laos / All beautiful palaces and Kampong Ayer as Eastern Venice in Brunei) It could provide some great legs instead of going back and forth to Thailand & Indonesia.
Brunei can be access easily from other SE Asia country or Australia. Both Laos and Burma can be access via Bangkok with lots of flight. So why are these 3 countries didn't get the chance to show their potential yet is still a big question mark to me? ???
inomu:
Burma has civil war going on in the northern parts of country. It has been reported that Muslim tribes living in the area are suffering even a genocide. However very few tourists visit this area as the entrance is only by special permission.
Eventhough tourism is growing fast and Burma is opening up to the world it still has many problems for race purposes. The country is constantly in politically unstable, big protests can start at any moment and they can lead even to an armed conflict. This is also reason why foreign tv shows have really strict rules for filming. I'm not sure if it's even allowed yet at all.
Burma is also still not totally open for rest of the world. For example they huge lack of ATMs, internet connections are very bad and restricted. Infrastructure is also lacking behind. :umn:
So, no Burma for long time. Laos and Brunei, why not?
Btw, they still have 18 countries in Europe waiting for visit so race is not going to run out of countries anytime soon ;)
Hysha:
In the Spanish TV reality "Pekín Express", they went to Burma, and it's completely safe and beautiful. They didn't had any problem.
In another season of the same reality, they went to Laos, and I can say the same. 100% safe, wonderful, and zero problems, so... I think they can go to both countries.
P.D: The french "Peking Express" went there too.
inomu:
^Ok, interesting to know! Last time I watched tv show from Burma it was filmed secretly #im_old
But Pekin Express and foreign TAR versions seem to be anyway much more open-minded in their destinations (Burma, Israel, Bosnia, Cuba) which I would like to see more in US version!
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