Myanmar - Oh My:) Jan 18th

Well, we made it. No blogger access here so I am just dropping a quick note to let you know that all is well. We are loving it here in Myanmar. Our flight was delayed this morning so after only 4 hours of sleep (because we got to our hotel at midnight and had to leave at 5am) we waited at the airport for a few hours. By the time we arrived we were so sick of traveling. However, we had the best day here in Yangon. The people of Myanmar are the nicest I have ever met on my travels anywhere. We started out with an $0.80 lunch. It was a huge heaping plate of vegetarian briyani (Indian food). It was truly fabulous. Everyone here is facinated with my tattoos so they all love to stop and talk. After lunch we did a walking tour of the downtown corridor. They have an amazing temple called the sule paya in the middle of the main traffic circle. Very interesting. The walking tour passed city hall and many other main buildings. We also saw a huge monument in the main gardens. While walking back from the monument we met a couple of monks who wanted to learn English so they offered to buy us a tea and practice their English. We went to a local tea house (the main social place for Burmese people). It was great. The "tea" was a strange coffee mixture with condensed milk (not so good). We talked for a couple of hours. They invited us to their monestary to teach all the monks english when we return to Yangon (so we took them up on the unique opportunity). So Addi and I have a date with a monestary of monks on our return. They said they like to get to practice on real foreigners, it helps them learn quicker. After that we toured out to see a large reclining buddha that was amazing. It was nice that is was in a large building so we could take pictures. Then we toured back up town to the main temple and went inside. The main pagoda was amazing. Sorry to run but we just got back to the hotel and we have to meet our tour group in 2 minutes. I don't want to be late. Take care and know we are safe and having a great time. We love Myanmar so far! Sonya (& Addi too)