We fly from Nyaung U, the city where the airport for Bagan is located, to here on an Air Bagan Fokker 100. It was a full service flight, we were able to check our bags and even had snacks and drinks. When we arrived in Yangon we waited and the bags were brought to the gate where we arrived, so we picked up our bags and left.
We ate traditional Myanmar salads for lunch at the noodle restaurant just down the street from the Clover Hotel. Jim had tomato salad which was chopped garlic, tomatoes, onions in a spicy peanut dressing topped with hot chillies, peanuts and sesame seeds. I was surprised that Jim liked such a combination. I selected the green tea salad and each cook makes it a little different. The salad had cooked green tea leaves, roasted peanuts, sliced garlic, chopped chillies, tomatoes and onions. The salad is very crunchy and dark green.
We ended our stay walking around the park a block down from the Clover hotel. This was a little sad after just seeing the National Kandawgyi Garden in Pyin U Lin managed by a company out of Singapore.
After our walk we gathered our bags and took a taxi to the Yangon Airport. I don't know if we will ever be back in this dusty, dry, hot, polluted country, but I enjoyed the history and the people. Jim found wonderful places for us to stay and got us to the sites we wanted to see. This was harder for him to plan because Myanmar government wants packaged tours, and makes it harder for independent travelers than it should be. Maybe that will change if they open up the country. the country has a serious tourist infrastructure problem.
The Shwedagon Pagoda is going to celebrate it's 2600th Birthday in March.
During the 1990 elections, which were nullified by the military, Aung San Suu Kyi used the music from the song "Dust In The Wind" by Kansas as part of her campaign. So, we have had a lot of people relate to our being from Kansas through that song. Thank you Kerry.
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