So, the tour is over, and I had to do at least a few things before I switched hotels, since our tour hotel was relatively close to Inle Lake, and Shwedagon Paya Pagoda.
I got into a taxi, and got dropped off at the Sedona Hotel, overlooking the city lake and home of the big house, the house of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League of Democracy, who was sentenced to 20+ years of house arrest. Ran around the general area, there was a makeshift amusement park and then slowly I walked down the walkway lined with benches and flowers, to see the main attraction. The house is red, with a distinctive red roof (this was told to me by many knowledgeable people) and I was pretty sure there was only one possibility. The funny part, as I walked down the actual road that led to the front of the house, there was an electrical shop on the bottom floor called Yandayar Industries or something. Weird :o) ..... The huge amount of barbed wire around it and officialness of the house was still comforting that I didn't waste my time. After all, the map told me I was in the rest place. Genesis, Bryan Adams, and I all together in one place.
Anyway, after that slight bit of confusion I headed back down to Shwedagon Paya, and walked around the pagoda on my own, seeing all the comings and goings of the area, as it is always a very busy place regardless of the time of day. [I was going to return again last night, but the rain was just too much, so I hope either tonight or tomorrow night will work out] Then ... BOOM !! at noon the rain came and I told myself it was time to get back to my tour hotel and switch back to the Motherland Inn where I first started WAY back on July 10th .... I've been waiting to do some more things around town, but again this morning the rain is back, so I'm trying to figure out how and when I'm going to find the time to take the simple city ferry over to Dalah and motor over to Twante.
Not sure what is better .... sitting here doing nothing, feeling well, or sightseeing and getting stung by the humidity and then feeling like crap. Hmmmmm ....
I got into a taxi, and got dropped off at the Sedona Hotel, overlooking the city lake and home of the big house, the house of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League of Democracy, who was sentenced to 20+ years of house arrest. Ran around the general area, there was a makeshift amusement park and then slowly I walked down the walkway lined with benches and flowers, to see the main attraction. The house is red, with a distinctive red roof (this was told to me by many knowledgeable people) and I was pretty sure there was only one possibility. The funny part, as I walked down the actual road that led to the front of the house, there was an electrical shop on the bottom floor called Yandayar Industries or something. Weird :o) ..... The huge amount of barbed wire around it and officialness of the house was still comforting that I didn't waste my time. After all, the map told me I was in the rest place. Genesis, Bryan Adams, and I all together in one place.
Anyway, after that slight bit of confusion I headed back down to Shwedagon Paya, and walked around the pagoda on my own, seeing all the comings and goings of the area, as it is always a very busy place regardless of the time of day. [I was going to return again last night, but the rain was just too much, so I hope either tonight or tomorrow night will work out] Then ... BOOM !! at noon the rain came and I told myself it was time to get back to my tour hotel and switch back to the Motherland Inn where I first started WAY back on July 10th .... I've been waiting to do some more things around town, but again this morning the rain is back, so I'm trying to figure out how and when I'm going to find the time to take the simple city ferry over to Dalah and motor over to Twante.
Not sure what is better .... sitting here doing nothing, feeling well, or sightseeing and getting stung by the humidity and then feeling like crap. Hmmmmm ....
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