In 1997, some of the most powerful figures in the military dictatorship of Myanmar gathered for the inauguration of a dazzling new theme park. The area, intended as a recreation center, was touted as "world class" with "state-of-the-art equipment". The park was abandoned just a few years ago, but the lush vegetation and humid, warm climate make it look like deserted for decades. This pleases also the snakes, which have increased explosively according to statements of a street vendor. Why the Happy World Theme Park was closed, is not known, but there are many theories: In the belonging karaoke bar, there were always fights. After someone was murdered there, the authorities intervened. Another theory is that the director of the managing company did not attend a meeting with government officials, who then shut down the park. However, the terrain is too attractive in a fast-growing city to lay fallow and be left to the jungle. The street vendors and inhabitants of the simple lodgings all around already fear the arrival of demolition and construction machinery.