A Regular Weekend in Myanmar

Saturday the 20th we walked to Hledan to meet up with some friends.  While we were waiting for them we saw the puppies of the street dog that some of our friends feed.  So cute!

 

Beyond the puppies a little boy was playing in his house:

 

Then we walked around and tried to find a tailor shop that one of the brothers had told me about.  We did find it, and found that they also wanted to charge way too much.  On the way though we saw an interesting street food snack:

Fried jumpy bugs. Yes, that is what I call them.

I gave that one a miss.  Even if I was craving some deep fried winged delight, I still wouldn't eat it.  And neither should you.  Unless you want to experience your stomach instigating some sort of full on mutiny, skip the street food here.  We walked over to the blissfully air conditioned mall and had a (non insect) snack and a chat.

Sunday after meeting Matt and I walked over to the market area because we had heard that there was a store where you could buy cheap computer programs.  Matt wanted to take this picture for Andy, we know it would a spot he would want to check out:

Each Sunday the market is crowded with men sitting on stools sipping tea while they sell and trade gems.  It's a genuine Myanmar experience to walk through the Gem Traders Sunday Market (that is the name I gave it).

 On the way to get a taxi there is always someone painting.  You can buy one for 1000 kyats.  Which is about $1.30.  It's fun to watch them work.

That's all for now!