Picto Diary - 18 April 2017 - Day Off

Above: TIMDT relaxes. Yangon River. 18 April 2017.

Took a break today while the ship remained in Yangon port until early 3:00 PM departure. Ships tour offering was to a near by monastery and, we felt, duplicated much of what we had done in Bago the day before.

Addendum


Steve

You have convinced me that I need to return to Myanmar to see more of the country.

Your photo of monks reminded me of the monks we saw in Lhasa Tibet practicing their arguing skills. The monks gather every day at the Portola Palace to argue and practice these skills.

The Pope,
Naples, FL


Steve, very interesting and brought back memories of a trip that VK Raganathan and I took to Hanoi in 1976 and had to go to Rangoon for VN visas. Quiet, dirt roads and the Gov of the Central Bank met us in his office barefooted. Our ambassador had been the DCM in HK whom I knew so we got a very extensive briefing about Burma. As DCM/HK he was actually the CIA Station Chief . Unfortunately we only spent two days there and never had an opportunity to go back- my regrets because as you know I could have gone anywhere I wanted to in those days. Looks like one of your best trips. Best,

The Archbishop,
Naples, FL