Rangoon/Yangon for the last time: you’re not going to believe this, but…

Because of a hiccup in the arrangements for the trip, the travel company kindly offered to give us a free dinner on our last night in Rangoon/Yangon. Accordingly, we were picked up at 6.45 this evening and whisked to the Padonmar Restaurant where we had a very enjoyable dinner in the garden. This is a picture of us all. L-R: Carol, me, our guide Aung and Sheila. You can see a larger view by clicking on the picture.

During dinner we talked about my grandparents’ house in Rangoon/Yangon and Aung asked a waiter where Kha-Yae-Bin Road was, to be told the restaurant is on that very road. When asked where number 111 was he replied that it was next door!

It turned out that we were having dinner in the “swanky restaurant” mentioned by my cousin Alexandra as being next to  her best guess as to the house my grandparents lived in when he was Acting Chief Justice.

As it was dark I couldn’t get a photo of the house but I’m hoping we’ll have time for a quick visit before we leave for home tomorrow.

NOTE: Because of intermittent internet access and time pressures I haven’t been able to keep up with the trip as it happened. However I still have plenty to share and hope shortly to post items about Inle Lake, Bagan and the pagodas, the  Taukkyan War Cemetary and more.

In the meantime, as I will be travelling back home very soon, I’ve now removed the password ontrol from the blog so you can see future updates without having to log in.