Our next stop was a place called Myanmar but it used to be called Burma and many people still call it Burma but the government says to call it Myanmar.  I call it Burma because it is easier.  Not many tourists get to come to Burma, so we are lucky to be here.  We went to the capital called Yangon (it used to be called Rangoon.  Neither are easy to say so I call it Yangon). There are lots of pointy buildings that look like gold called pagodas.  We went to a few of them and i walked around with no shoes.

It is very hot here.  Yesterday it was 102 degrees. It doesn’t feel so bad because there is a nice breeze, but we have to put on sun screen.  Julian gets really tired after a few hours outside because it is so hot, but he and I really do like being outside.  We went to a zoo the first day- it was fun because we got to feed the hippos and elephants.  There were lots of otters and monkeys and we saw another red panda, too.  We went to a park and played on another day and then went to visit some of the other pagodas.  The biggest pagoda is called Sweatty Gone.  Papa says it is really called ShweDagon, but I think I am right.  There are many symbols and statues in the pagodas.  The most common one is of Buddha, a famous man that lived a long, long, time ago and is considered holy by many of the people that live here.  In one place, there was a huge buddha lying down.  He was a million feet long and smiling at me.  His feet had some writing on it.  It was cool.  Papa said I could not write on my feet.  Papa is not always cool.


We saw a dancing and music show, and a puppet show, and ate some very good food.  They love to eat fried rice, and plantains, and chicken with spices here.  Papa and Mama loved to eat it also. The people here are very nice and love to sit and talk with me and Julian…even though they don’t always speak English.  This is a beautiful place and we hope you all get to visit someday.  Tonight we leave for India and we will write more then.