Shwedagong pagoda at dusk
In Myanmar at last, what a way to celebrate Ross’s birthday! We trickle in from our respective destinations, all 10 of us, friends and family – Christine, Diego, Hilary and John, Jane and Trevor, Rick and Lucille – who have come together for our tailor-made ‘off the beaten track’ adventure. Continue reading
Meanwhile here are a few photos to keep you going until I get down to writing…we had a simply wonderful time!
Balloons over Bagan
Scenery on the trek up to the Palaung village of Pamkam, in North Shan
Palaung woman in Pamkam village
Lotus flower seller outside temple in Mandalay
The most sumptuous of all Bagan pagodas
Fishermen at Inle Lake
Pao woman and baby at Inthein weekly market, Inle Lake
This is a proper drink – a margarita on my birthday
It’s been non-stop visitors since we got back, in case you were wondering what had become of me! First Cindy and Guy from Mumbai, then Louise’s best friend Lulu dropped in after doing some extraordinary free diving to create an underwater apsara installation to celebrate reef protection in Bali, and now Christine and Diego are here for a week before we set off for Burma next weekend. Continue reading
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