Where did Top Gear go in Burma?

Khiri Travel was hired by the Top Gear production team to help organise its Burma Special, which saw the presenters and crew travel from Yangon to the Shan State, before crossing into Thailand and building a bridge over the River Kwai.

What happened to the Top Gear bridge in Burma?

Unfortunately, the bridge was then taken down after the filming even though we asked for it to remain in place as it was an excellent facility for the local people. The bridge was not built over the Kok, but over the Fang River which flows into the Kok, for a number of reasons.

What year was Top Gear Burma special?

March 9, 2014
Episode 6/Air dates

Which episode is the Top Gear Burma special?

Burma Special

Does Top Gear still do specials?

The show’s final special, the Patagonia Special, aired in 2014, as a prelude to Top Gear’s twenty-second series. Before the twenty-seventh season finale of Top Gear, it was announced that a one-off Christmas special would air in 2019.

Why did Ben Collins stop being the Stig?

He had taken over from driver Perry McCarthy in 2004, who had been the Black Stig in the first two series and quit amid claims he was unhappy with his alleged £700-a-week salary and the secrecy involved. Collins was in turn replaced by another White Stig, and as of today nobody knows who this one is.

Where was the Burma Special on Top Gear filmed?

The Burma Special is the fourth Top Gear special to be filmed in an Asian country, after Vietnam in the Vietnam Special, India in the India Special, and Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Israel in the Middle East Special.

Is it illegal to camp in Myanmar on Top Gear?

There are certainly no shortage of lovely hotels here, which is a good job as camping is in fact illegal in Myanmar. A very big deal is made about the rebels in Shan State (or ‘The Shan’ as Clarkson calls it), and being the first tv crew to film there.

Where does Top Gear go when they are in Thailand?

The route Top Gear took from here, heading east to Kengtung and the Thai border point at Tachileik is, however, largely out of bounds, just as they claim – and its scenic beauty has rarely been filmed (you need a permit to travel here, which we can arrange together with guiding and accommodation).

Where did Top Gear film in Shan State?

A very big deal is made about the rebels in Shan State (or ‘The Shan’ as Clarkson calls it), and being the first tv crew to film there. But there are in fact many rebel ethnic armies in the border areas all around Myanmar, and Shan State is just one of them.