How we got around for two days
Washing dishes
Traditional fishing. They row with one leg and then trap the fish with the cage.
Tending their AMAZING floating gardens. Farmers lay down reeds like a big mat and then cover with soil and farm on top.
Rotating market that changes towns every day
We saw many men letting their oxen cool off in the water. In some cases the men took a bath with them.
This is us crashing a wedding and Dominic giving the bride and groom a monetary gift.
These little kids were busying themselves with a homemade broom. The one on the left had bells around his neck so the mom could hear him moving around and keep an eye on him.
I was just in awe of and shocked I never knew that this was how bananas started out. Guess I'd never thought about it.
Like I said before, I can't believe none of us got sick. From eating out of the communal spoon passed around at every stop, to this last minute detour to try sugarcane juice, which is FABULOUS, by the way. They pressed the sugarcane right in front of us, and the hygiene was okay, but definitely not health inspector grade A, or probably even grade D. But then we sucked it all down and it freaking had ICE in it. That is rule number one for staying healthy while traveling...DON'T DRINK ANYTHING WITH ICE IN IT!. Oh, well we're all still alive and it was really, really good.
Drs. Ken and Kerry's ER work. Of course no trip would be complete without a need for stitches. We had an elevated bathtub in our room and Luc tripped and hit his eyebrow on it. Definitely could have used a stitch or two, but given that we weren't anywhere near a city or hospital, Kenny and I did our best with tape and bandaids. The main city of Yangon was the only place I would have felt good about getting stitches and that was a one hour boat ride, one hour car ride and 1.5 hour flight away. It looks pretty good and will someday be camouflaged by his eyebrow, I think.
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