Mandalay

This e-mail came Friday 12/15.

so yesterday in yangon was amazing. we took the ferry across the
yangon river to dalah and it was a different world over there. it felt
as remote as parts of zimbabwe but you were only a 5 minute ferry ride from
busy yangon. we had a couple of trishaw drivers show us around for 3
hours and i loved it. all the kids ran behind us and everyone stared
but also smiled. people are so friendly.

so christina wasnt feeling well today so i walked around mandalay and
now have a trishaw driver who is showing me around. it is a fun way to
get around and he took me to the stadium where the grand football game
is being held on sunday. first time ever in myanmar. tickets go on
sale sunday at 0700 and i definitely want to go. myanmar vs malaysia.
i am looking for a football jersey for you with the name/numer of the
best player... myohlaingwin #9. zawmyint, my trishaw driving is
sitting here helping me with the spelling and will help get tickets
sunday. he is at university studying japanese.

so i hope miss christina is feeling better tomorrow. she thinks she
ate something weird yesterday. luckily i'm still ok and hungry all the
time. some food is more like chinese but other food is fantastic.. you
would love all of it.

tomorrow i think we'll go visit the 3 ancient cities around mandalay
and then sunday go to football game if we can get tickets. then leave
monday i think for hsipaw. supposed to be an awesome train ride
through the mountains.

more monks here than in thailand and they talk to you a lot which is
different. we will visit some monestaries. i think they like to talk
english and also want donation for their monestary. not too many beer
places/bars. i dont think buddhists drink much and women do not at
all. sure do chew the red stuff though.