Parkroyal Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)

... les olles son impressionants), el menjador amb una quantitat espectacular de taules i teteres (llastima que arribi tard i ja hagin menjat, perque buit ja impressiona la sala pero plena deu ser espectacular), i finalment a la sala a on van a fer meditacio despres de fer la migdiada (meditacio que jo interrumpeixo temporalment a base de fotos).

Per acabar el guia em vol dur a veure uns budes i unes pagodes. Jo li dic que d ...

... she works)....she refused our invitation to dinner but finally allowed us to give her some money and she insisted next time we visit Myanmar we stay with her.

Check out some other crazy things the government have done:

- In 1970 instigated an over night switch to driving from the left hand side of the road to the right in an effort to distance itself from the British colonial period. This explained why all the taxis we got into had the driver on the wrong side because ...

... the time for the taxis, and so was the exchange rate. It was nice to know we weren't as taken as we thought we had been. We exchange our money with a chinese guy with whom my chinese traveling companion had a long conversation, and oddly enough I felt that it was the best exchange rate. If you have to travel in Myanmar, make sure it's with someone's Chinese. We walk around the area, taking delight in the failure of the British Empire ...

Our breakfast was toast, fruit bread (really good, very moist), eggs, sausage (more like hotdogs), grilled tomato, jam and honey. Today Naked lady is wearing white see-through pants.... Sigh! We packed and Bill went to the pool to enjoy his new cigar and a beer. I did a short upper body workout and had a nice long shower (in the lovely outdoor shower). Chan Chan and the driver met us at noon. We drove throught the floating gardens. We could see tomatoes, rice, gourds ...

... we had a nice view of the city as we departed. We were even able to pick out our favourite park - Pee Pee Park, from the sky. Shortly thereafter, we were able to see some mountains and then I took a nap. The flight should have been less than an hour, but due to fog, we circled for more than an hour. I was awakened when we were hundreds of meters from the ground and our pilot pulled up and circled one more time. I was awake after that! We finally landed, an hour or ...

... skiff with a small bimini for shade.

I went and got Jodi and Silvia, arrangements were made, and the trip was arranged. By noon they were getting ready to take off into the deep blue sea. Unfortunately the tide had been going out and the little skiff (let’s call it the Minnow from Gilligan’s Island) was grounded. Now, how a sailor who knows the local waters can let his own boat become grounded was beyond me, but there it was dead in the water ...

... the news of human rights violations to the outside world. Against the advice of the US and UK governments, my friend and I decided to travel to Burma (Myanmar). Getting visas was a challenge, as we had to lie on our applications and interview about what our jobs. No human rights advocates are allowed into the country, and a legal advisor for an anti-government organization in Cambodia would definitely be denied a visa. I said I was still teaching kindergarten ...

... sidewalk, indulging in the social phenomenon of eating street food with their family and friends. Food, some of which I've seen before, some being encountered for the first time: huge slices of watermelon, pineapple, papaya, gigantic fried crickets, greasy, deep fried samosas, some glistening straight from the boil, some dull in the way of minute-old fried street grub. Betelnut stalls, vendors weaving their way around, singing out to get someone, anyone to buy the something ...

... while. We had already spent a week in Yangon, far longer than most tourists stay in the city and longer than we had intended to stay upon our arrival, so even though we had enjoyed our volunteering, it was time to get going. We said goodbye at the monastery, checked out of our guesthouse (the wonder Motherland Inn 2), and boarded an overnight bus for Inle Lake on August 7. Since the only international flights are in and out of Yangon, we knew we would be back in not too long.

... the entire top of the structure with thousands of rings, ear rings, rubies, sapphires, and god knows what other precious items. You can't see it from the ground but SG showed us pictures and it's amazing. Also mind boggling is the 74 carat diamond that crowns the structure. Absolutely incredible. The locals seem to think so too, as we were there on a Saturday along with hundred of locals milling about in the rain and viewing the stupa. And also the 1000 temples crammed into this ...