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