Tharabar Gate Bagan

... when agitated. It basically feels like someone is squeezing my lower back muscle in to a ball and stabbing me repeatedly with a needle in the stomach and side so I can't really work with that going on. So this is the second time I have been in a foreign country and gotten sick, Laos (stupid mosquito bite) now Myanmar (stupid shingles)...what next? Take care and all the best to you!!<br> <br>

... on the road though and the woman was fine. Later on, in the middle of the night, and inevitably in the middle of nowhere, In the middle of the night I was woken by some random Burmese guy waving a torch in my face. Apparently I had to get off the bus. When I sat up and looked around, there were only a few people besides me left on the bus, mostly monks, and Agata and Edgar were nowhere to be seen ...

... and adults were fighting over them. He also threw a whistle with a lanyard. There was a tug-of-war, a little boy had the whistle and the little girl had the lanyard. A lady ended up with one of the bubbles. I thought it was going to be a riot over the stuff, they were fierce! We had 4 additional stops for people and goods to be on- and off-loaded. The last 2 stops took a long time and delayed us. By 8:30 it was too dark and the water was too ...

... As *ur instincts t*ld us, we sh*uld have turned ar*und *nce the trip t* the guy's "*ffice" turned *ut t* be much l*ng** than we expected. I kn*w walking s*mewh**e new always feels l*ng** than it really is, but we als* happened t* be starving at the time, and didn't want t* be dragged t** far fr*m *ur ch*sen eat**y. We finally g*t t* the building, and w**e taken up s*me flights *f stairs, wh**eup*n we settled, standing, in the m*ldy hallway *f the decrepit building. This is wh ...

... contact was a lot of fun and added to the sunset which was even more incredible than the pictures with the fading heat and light and the panorama of ancient red structures standing like sentinels for an army of gods. Jeff and SG had gone solo for that excursion, and a second attempt was made at finding an even better venue the next night with George added to the mix. We were on a specific quest to find the ultimate sunset picture. It proved harder than it looked as finding one ...

... much a highlight as the temples themselves. We had several groups of people wanted to have their pictures taken with us! It was really, really fun! Honestly, the people in this country are some of the most wonderful people I have ever met. After another yummy Myanmar beef curry (my favorite!) we hopped yet another overnight bus (16 hours this time) south to Yangon. At least this is my last long bus journey for a while.....well, until next week actually. Sigh... All our love, K & M

... nothing, she kept trying to give us food and presents from Burma - there's a few people we're going to send photos and little Aussie mementos to when we return to Australia. We decided to break with tradition and take an internal flight to our ...