Myanmar Mingun October 9, 2012

     After wending my way through very aggressive vendors, several crew members hoisted me into a waiting ox cart.  Our first stop was the Mingun Bell, the world’s largest working bell, where I rang it 5 times before going to the “wedding cake” temple that truly resembled a white confection and which  Kathy later climbed barefoot to the top.  Then it was on to Pahto Daw Gyi – an unfinished pagoda that is the largest single mass brick building in the world.
     One of the vendors who had been following me on my ride, convinced me to buy a pair of orange trousers and matching top before I returned to the ship.
     Later in the day, we stopped at a small riverside village on Parrot Island for a “Pioneer” walk.  Since we were the first visitors, we were definitely the parade as the villagers with their children followed us around.  I sat outside when we visited a local clinic, and everyone was very interested in my lace-up shoes and 4 pronged cane.