Our taxi slowed to snail’s pace due to thick traffic when it reached Rangoon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township. “It is because of NLD campaign activity ahead,” Zaw Moe Khaing explained looking at me through his rear-view mirror. Minutes later, we saw a huge crowd with signboards of Suu Kyi’s party by the roadside. “I want to be the first to cast my vote for Daw Phyu Phyu Thin [the NLD candidate for the township],” said the driver anxiously. He added that he had bought one traditional Burmese shirt and longyi (sarong) to wear on election day.