Just spent ten days in Koh Tao whilst waiting for our Indian Visas to come through. It was great to see Dan, Uschi , Alf etc. The place is moving on and changing all the time but the feeling remains the same.
So we are back in Thailand, Myanmar was a great country but we missed out the hot places as we want to get on to India where we will have heat in any case. We decided that we would go to Myanmar about four years ago despite the regime, it is a shame we did not go then as now the country is busy with tourists, nothing like Thailand but more tourists than beds means it can be hard to find a hotel room. That is no reason not to go to Burma though. A great place for all you Buddhists too 😉
OK at last after about 15 days effing about with my provider the site is now working again and here are some photos of Bagan and one of Mandalay with the guys making Gold leaf. We had a good time also with the Buddhist Novices who invited us for an “advance” and new years eve dinner by the sides of the Irrawady… (spelling….)