 I’ve been quite surprised at how similar some of the thoughts are in rural Myanmar to those held by many people at home in my village in England.
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 The head monk of R.E.C wanted us to visit his native village and meet all of their very big family! My other student had a slight cold coming, but the monk was determined that we would undertake the 5 hour boat journey and like it! At 5 am I grabbed my scant belonging, had some breakfast, and we set off in the boat.
 It is 11am; I have visited a pagoda, swum in the sea, met 5 of the REC teachers and eaten a fish on a stick. A BBQ fish I might add.
 It took 17 hours. We left Yangon at 5:30 pm when the traffic was heavy and the light was dimming. The traffic was not the only heavy thing as the head monk of the monastery where I have been teaching cranked up the radio to what sounded a lot like Burmese metal music!
 Today I have been in Myanmar for exactly 4 months. I use the bus five days a week, twice a day. The very first bus I caught was ten days after my arrival in my second ever Asian country. The first being a brief time in Thailand.
 Today was a treat for Myanmar government teachers. They had the day off of school on account of it being a full moon day. The teachers have to make up the missed day on the following Saturday, so it’s not completely playing truant, but it did mean that I was able to spend a day off duty with the wonderful group of ladies that I have been training.
 We arrived in Minbya, Rakhine State on Friday at around 3 pm after an hour and a half car journey across flat land. We had a family in the taxi with us. A young daughter and man sat in the back while the lady sat next to Van. Van closed her eyes 90% of the way. It was bumpy and so hot.
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