Fri 18th - Mon 21st April (Week 31)Fri 18th - Met up with Steph and Vivi at 8:30 and headed off for our day trip on the lake. Stopped at a couple of silk and silver workshops but all quite pricey so didn't buy anything. Saw a Burmese Cat sanctuary, so stopped there briefly to see the very rare and expensive cats. Apparently by 1930's there were no true blood Burmese cats in Burma anymore, so in 2008 they had to find the few pedigree cats from UK and Australia and...

Mon 14th - Thurs 17th April (Week 30)Mon 14th - The cousin/sister who was meant to be taking us on the trek tomorrow apparently couldn't do it after all, so we got fed up of being messed about and found another recommended company in town and booked with them and it was cheaper anyway ! Wandered around Kalaw, watching all the Water Festival activities - mainly kids stopping motorbikes in the street and throwing buckets of water over them. We managed to get away w...