rangoon

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"Science is a Differential Equation.  Religion is a Boundary Condition."   - A. Turing

Yangon Myanmar (or Rangoon Burma if you're British)

So today was our first full day in Myanmar!

But lets call it Burma shall we?

And we love Burma!

The first part of the day we wandered around the city center looking for snacks.  Found a tea-shop (the standard breakfast joint here apparently) and got some noodles and things.  Fried shrimp roll things too!  Black tea super strong with lots of sugar and milk (chai anyone?).  Overall a perfect thing.

Then more wandering.  To the train station ticket purchasing hall (notably not at the train station) to get tickets for a sleeper up to Mandalay in a few days.  Then over to the actual train station to take "The Circle Line".  Yangon's equivelent of the L train.  3 hours of gentle 20 miles an hour max commuter rail that goes in a circle around greater yangon.  Very pretty.  Lots of pictures.  Eventually I'll load some here but our bandwidth is pretty slow.  So for now a shot form our morning wander.

And now we're off to get some righteous Burmese Indian food.  Chaat!

Re: Hope not too many

Hi Mom!   (this was started as an email to my mom, but I realized, you all should get it!)

We've arrived in Yangon!  Its beautiful!... Well... honestly its kind of a beat up soviet feeling 3rd world city but the street life is amazing!  

Last night we had dinner at a stall, followed by wandering the streets watching the kids play in the gutters.  Strange stands selling what we came to realize was prepared betel nut for chewing.  And eventually sat at a lovely tiny tiny table and chairs (of pink plastic) and got a strawberry yogurt drink.  

I love snacks!!!!

off to see stuff!

love to all

On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Nina Ward <nina.ward@cox.net> wrote:

Hi Nat, Also sent to Carol Macomber and Santi and Joel. That's not everyone, I hope. People who know you got married and would enjoy knowing you were off on your honeymoon trip. Dad and I had a one night honeymoon in Ventura (married in Carpinteria at a friend's house) and then in Cambodia at a French hotel with doors like a stable, white doors that had top and bottom openings,  we had a somewhat more romantic week alone, except that we got tired from tromping all around beautiful ruins. So you are following a little in family tradition. XX Mom

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"Science is a Differential Equation.  Religion is a Boundary Condition."   - A. Turing

a day spent at one of the world's biggest markets

whoa...

chatujack..or jatujack....whatever..JJ market.

saw some awesome bags.

but no buying stuff till after burma!

so we should have internet later at our next hotel,

but should we not...

we are off to burma tomorrow!

perhaps more later

perhaps not

now we get a cab.

nat

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"Science is a Differential Equation.  Religion is a Boundary Condition."   - A. Turing

Cafe

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Civilized country

It is nice here.

Moving hotel today.

Tomorrow eve off to Burma


Burma!!!

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Coco !!!!