Mon. 18th. We took an early morning flt. today to Mandalay and were met by our next guide who has the delightful name of Moon. Moon turns out to be a very interesting woman with some strong opinions and not at all what we're used to in this part of the world but more of that later. First of all we were surprised to learn that Mandalay is a modern town.......... Moon took us straightaway to the teak bridge which is the longest in the country. Myanmar is the b...

I am late starting this blog as so far we seem to have had very full days with little time to spare. Then next thing was I tripped on the uneven path in the hotel grounds last Thursday and broke my wrist (right hand) so all in all I am way behind. Not to worry. Onwards and upwards, though this will sound a bit terse as my typing will necessarily be difficult. We started our trip in Bangkok which of course we have visited before. We set out the first day a...