Sawat Dee Kah!! Again in the taxi on the way to the airport, and there are red shirts everywhere causing the traffic to be halted. Much honking, hand waving and yelling fills the street around me and I wonder if I will get to the airport in time for my flight.
The driver is persistent and creative in circumventing the blocked roads and soon we are moving again and I get to my flight on time.
The flight from Bangkok to Yangon is an hour and thirty minutes. I already have my Visa for Myanmar and pass through customs with no problems. A driver transfers me to my hotel Governor’s Residence. Yangon reminds me of Cuba, with the ancient cars, buildings that needed paint 20 years earlier and an overall feeling of neglect.
While I am checking in, Mr. Winn informs me he will pick me up at the hotel in the morning to go to visit Schwedagon Pagoda. I politely explain to him that tomorrow, I must shop and think to myself that I have had enough pagodas to last a life time.
I have a little time before shops close, so taxi to Yu’s Lotus Shop in the Summit Parkview Hotel which came as a recommendation from a friend as a great little shop. I found three pairs of black pants lonjyi style.
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