1of2 Taunggyi 2/24/13

After reading "The land of green ghosts" by Pasquale Thwe. I knew I wanted to go to this town. He came down to it, I went up. 15 of us jammed into the pick-up. 1000 kjat. One was this beautiful grandmother from the Pa-oo tribe.


I visited the Shan Museum to find bizarre carvings of the 20+tribes with awkward forced grins and cases with mannequins dressed in tribal finery. Sorry no photos allowed and my entire $2 contribution goes to the regime. :-( but the caretaker did have a cute baby.


And I did however find Mohinga!! I've been here a week and not tried the traditional dish. It's a vermicelli soup of sorts with crisp rice crackers and other unidentified objects. One adds cilantro, lemon, chilis, and fish sauce to taste.


-on the road with Kathryn

Location:Shan state