Day 1 Yangon – Myanmar

Our day went a little like this….

Picked up by Driver number 1 – Joseph - at 8:30am and taken to the very ritzy Strand Hotel for breakfast.  Steve and Mick had Mohinga – the traditional Myanmar breakie and I had the one below on the menu J.  Both are savoury noodle-based dishes, Steve’s with fish and mine with chicken and coconut.   The chickens had fluffy pancakes and fruit.

The Strand Hotel

And then after breakie we were picked up by Driver Number 2 – Mr Christie – for a tour of Yangon, including

·         the house Aung San Suu Kyi lived in as a child from 1945 to 1947, the year her father Bangyoke (General) Aung San was assassinated.

·         A beautiful lake and very green park

·         Scott Market, where we bought the boys Angry Birds t-shirts, shorts and hats. 

Then lunch and a swim at the Australian Club for Steve and the kids while I shopped for Myanmar jewels with Jill, Jennifer and Enriko at a massive retailer called Lady Luck (as you do). 

Back to the Strand for drinks and dinner. Mick’s lovely house-keeper Mia looked after the kids, made them spaghetti (the best they’ve ever had and you should learn how to cook like that Mum!), gave them a bath and then sent them to bed for a much-needed early night.

We, on the other hand, partied on! Me to 11:00pm (gasp) and Steve and Mick until 3:00am!