Ode To Human News Today

>> chances are, you havent been to this place. chances are, this is a place youve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and its pretty incredible. ♪ ♪ in yangon, capital city of myanmar, its dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are...

Tours on tape. but no. >> philippe: oh, this is stunning. >> anthony: youll encounter some western travelers at bagans temple sites for sure, but, generally speaking, theyre a hardy bunch even the bus tours here are not for the faint of heart or the weak of spirit. but for the most part, youre far more likely to bump into a goat than a foreigner. >> philippe: this is so beautiful, so much like an ode to human, you know, beliefs and adoration and worshiping and -- and -- >> anthony: slave labor. ...

>> anthony: youd expect this, an ancient city of nearly unparalleled size and beauty, to be overrun with tourists, souvenir shops, snack bars, tours on tape. but no. >> philippe: oh, this is stunning. >> anthony: youll encounter some western travelers at bagans temple sites for sure, but, generally speaking, theyre a hardy bunch even the bus tours here are not for the faint of heart or the weak of spirit. but for the most part, youre far more likely to bump into a goat than a foreigner. >> phili...

Beautiful, so much like an ode to human, you knowbeliefd adoration and worshiping and -- d -- >> anthony: slave labor. >> philippe: and slave labor. >> anthony: im thinking, you build this many temples, thousands of them, in a relatively short period of time? you know, chances are somebody was working for less than minimum wage, lets put it that way. >> philippe: for sure. ah, we could fly here. look at that. whew. >> anthony: a millennia ago, in a period of just under 250 years, over 4,000 stru...

Goat than a foreigner. >> philippe: this is so beautiful, so much like an ode to human, you know, beliefs and adoration and worshiping and -- and -- >> anthony: slave labor. >> philippe: and slave labor. >> anthony: im thinking, you build this many temples, thousands of them, in a relatively short period of time? you know, chances are somebody was working for less than minimum wage, lets put it that way. >> philippe: for sure. ah, we could fly here. look at that. whew. >> anthony: a millennia ag...

The faint of heart or weak of spirit. for the most part you are far more likely to bump in to a goat than a foreigner. >> this is so beautiful. so much like an ode to human, you know, believes and adoration and worshipping. >> slave labor. >> and slave labor. >> im thinking you build this many temples, thousand of them in a relatively short period of time, chances are someone was working for less than minimum wage. >> for sure. >> i could fly here. look at that. >> a millennia ago n a period of ...

>> this is so beautiful, so much like an ode to human, you know, beliefs and adoration and worshipping and -- >> slave labor. >> and slave labor. >> im thinking you build this many temples, thousands of them in a relatively short period of time, chances are, someone was working for less than minimum wage, lets put it that way. >> oh, sure. >> oh, we could fly here. look at that. >> a millennia ago in a period of just under 250 years, over 4,000 structures like this were built here. they say that...

This is so beautiful. >> so much like an ode to human, you know, beliefs and worshipping and -- >> slave labor. >> and slave labor. >> you built this many temples, in a short period of time, chances are somebody was working for less than minimum wage. >> if we could fly here, look at that. >> a millenia ago, in a period of just under 250 years, over 4,000 structures like this were built here. they say that a king began this project after a conversion to buddhism. he started a new temple like eve...

Like an ode to human, you know, beliefs and adoration and worshipping and -- >> slave labor. >> and slave labor. >> im thinking you build this many temples, thousands of them in a relatively short period of time, chances are, someone was working for less than minimum wage, lets put it that way. >> oh, sure. >> oh, we could fly here. look at that. >> a millennia ago in a period of just under 250 years, over 4,000 structures like this were built here. they say that a bama king anarata began this p...

More likely to bump into a goat than a foreigner. >> this is so beautiful, so much like an ode to human, you know, beliefs and adoration and worshipping and -- >> slave labor. >> and slave labor. >> im thinking you build this many temples, thousands of them in a relatively short period of time, chances are, someone was working for less than minimum wage, lets put it that way. >> oh, sure. >> oh, we could fly here. look at that. >> a millennia ago in a period of just under 250 years, over 4,000 s...