Myanmar Oct. 2, 2012

     Some of our all Australian group and Kathy went on a morning excursion by horse cart in Thayet Myo, a colonial town under British rule dating from 1852.  In addition to seeing the colonial homes, they also went to the golf links to hit a few balls.
    During our afternoon cruise to Lat Pan I noticed large clusters of papyrus, corn fields, thatched roof villages with laundry flapping on lines which was washed in the muddy Irrawaddy and many gilded Stupas – at least one per village.
    Daniel showed us the components of a traditional Buddhist shrine, demonstrated wearing a longyi (long loose garment worn by men and women), applied thanaka to a crew member’s face and assisted the head chef in making a Burmese Ginger salad which my daughter, Paula, is planning to replicate for me and some friends.