I hired a motorbike driver for the day to take me round all the ancient temples and stupas in the area and luckily I had picked a great guide, as he was a volunteer English teacher. We headed off to the ancient sites , but I was soon distracted by women carrying hay bales on their heads and was soon wearing one myself! We drove around the ancient sites and met a Japanese couple. The woman had lived in northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border for five years working with an NGO - how amazing!
We then went to the school where he teaches and it was hilarious. I took an English lesson and my class of 14 year olds was very inquisitive. As usual the girls sat at the front, but amazingly it was the novice monks in the class that asked me the most questions, from what was my ambitions to do I like Justin Beber!!! One girl asked if I could sing, so I produced my iPod and they listened to Adele and take that!!!!
I asked then what they wanted to be and it ranged from doctors, soldiers, teachers and of course Buddhist monks. It was such a fantastic opportunity to speak to the class, and their overwhelming questions were around why I wanted to come to Myanmar, how did I get here and if I liked it.
I love it !!!!
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