Wrapping things up

We are preparing to travel for a week. We will take an overnight bus to Kalaw, an old British hill station, to do some “trekking” in the mountains. I’m not quite sure how mountainous these mountains will be, but it should be fun to hike some and get out in the countryside on foot. From Kalaw we head to Inle about 2 hours away. We’re staying in a hotel that is actually built on stilts out in the middle of the lake. All the hotels here have small bungalow type buildings that you stay in and then a separate main building where you check in and eat (breakfast is included everywhere), etc. While at Inle, we will go everywhere by boat, even between our room and the main building. We are told it will be chilly at night, we might even have to wear a sweatshirt! We are looking forward to this. After Inle we will visit Bagan, a valley that is home to literally thousands temple ruins that are up to about a thousand years old. We plan to rent bicycles while there and explore some of the valley at our own pace.

Because of the trip, this week is our last normal week in Myanmar. Once we get back it will be Christmas and then packing up to go to Chaing Mai. So I had to say goodbye to our english students at CMC (Catherine was not feeling well) and tomorrow we visit our last children’s home in Myanmar. We took some pictures at CMC and the last children’s home that I am posting.

CMC English class

A little boy at a children’s home

A little girl at a children’s home

A “side-car,” pronounced “sy-ca,” carrying a lot of potatoes and onions

Note: After being messed up by a close to non existent internet service last night, I think I have this blog post right. Hope you like it.... it took me several hours to get working :-)