Comedian Jon Gadsby visits Myanmar (formerly Burma) and discovers an achingly beautiful country. But behind endless golden temples and scenes from Kipling, Gadsby finds "a place of contradiction" where people are controlled absolutely by their military government (most famously the ongoing house arrest of democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi), and many live in abject poverty. It is not a country to be travelled to lightly. Gadsby finds the locals to be open, very willing to play host and yet he is struck overall by their "sad beauty".
The inspiration for Intrepid Journeys came from Jam TV's Melanie Rakena's passion for adventure travel. Having ...
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