Mandalay, Myanmar
A breath of fresh air today! We travelled two hours up into the mountains to an old British hill station, previously called Maymyo and now called Pyin Oo Lwin. In colonial times, the British resided here for 3-4 months in the hot summer months. It is the cool season now, but 32-34 C is not cool for us and we were glad to escape both the heat and pollution of Mandalay for this delightful place which is 3400 ft higher and several degrees cooler. There are many old ...