Fox Trotting

As promised, here are a few highlights from my weekend in Myitkyina. Once again I was very lucky to have Seng Myaw with me as she was an awesome guide! Another one of our colleagues, Thet Thet Wah, was also in Myitkyina for work that week and for a long time it has been her "dream trip"to visit Indawgyi Lake where there is a pagoda in the middle of the lake. So she organized a car for us to take and Seng Myaw and her friend came along as well. We had to get up extremely   early so that we could make it to the lake and back before Thet Thet Wah caught her 5 pm flight. However, the views at sunrise were so spectacular I could almost forgive her.  Me (and my always handy Maasai travel blanket), Shwe, Seng Myaw and Thet Thet Wah The town where we stopped for some breakfast  A ride that was supposed to take 3 hours took us 5... so we arrived at the lake around 10 am, and I was in for quite a surprise. My Myanmar friends had purchased some popcorn f

Sneaking out onto the tarmac at Heho Airport for a sunset photo. (by sneaking I mean no one batted an eye) The last month has been quite busy! Evelyn and I travelled to the coast to Ngwe Saung with Tara as she was doing a triathlon. It was a six hour drive there and back on Saturday and Sunday but man was the afternoon of quiet at the beach nice. The water was so warm and I got to dip my toes in the Bay of Bengal!  Ugo and Evelyn at the Yangon Sailing Club for Friday drinks In Ngwe Saung Spectacular sunset over the Bay of Bengal After returning back to Yangon on Sunday, I then left for Taunggyi on Monday morning with my colleague Seng Myaw.  Seng Myaw and I spent the week delivering training on the IDLO's sexual harassment in the workplace policy at the different Rule of Law Centres. I had a lot of fun getting to see each ROLC location and it was nice to see everyone again. Taunggyi (where I went for the balloon festival) is located in Shan state,