Yesterday I cheated - Sheila continued to use the bike with no gears and the seat from hell, I had what I can only call a mobility scooter. It was great, like sitting on an arm chair and moving at the same time. It was another day of surprises and gratitude that we are lucky enough to see such sights. We did our homework and found 2 temples that had art work or carvings (or curving as one said!!). Off we went and stopped at several before and after the ones we h...

Sheila is obviously adjusting to a new time zone so we decided to go for a gentle walk into Chinatown to see what was happening. What was happening was a free food and drink fair, not to mention other Chinese activities such as paper cutting. We both made a lantern- under the delightful supervision of a 10 year old!! We were taught how to say thank you in Burmese and were given a drink by a monk. Both temples we visited were crammed with people celebrating the N...