First holiday

I spent my first holiday with a new Burmese friend, named Than Dar. She is 25 years old and gorgeous. She towers over the Burmese man at 5' 8" and wherever we go they break their necks to see her.

Having seen many of the major temples with my parents, we spent most of the day sitting in the window of a temple, watching the endless Bagan plains. She had just graduated from university and was wondering what to do with he life. She saw America and Europe as a place of freedom. We talked about success, opportunity, and her forbidden love with a European traveler. 

Because it was holiday, we went to give offerings to the monks. I was welcomed in by the other women to pray and chant and eat... Always eating. And when we are not eating, we are talking about when we will eat next. (they may be under the impression that if Americans do not eat, we implode).