Life in Pyin Oo Lwin

Famous for strawberries, flowers, and sweaters, Pyin Oo Lwin was known as Maymyo under the British. 42 miles north of Mandalay, It was a refuge from the city's heat. In February, however, it is very very cold at night! No wonder there are so many knitting factories here.

This dish greeted us each morning
Do you see how bundled up that guy is?
Grace 1, our home in PoL, 5 minute bike ride to town center.

Yes, it really was this cold!


Sweeping the grass at Grace 1


To market, to market to buy a fat hen...



Dough, kind of like beignets, that is steamed or fried







The bun steamer













Treadle sewing machine fixes Nat's pants

Book seller/binder had stacks of old (1960s) Readers Digests
And this, left over from another time

This is a coffee growing area but the coffee of choice is instant Nescafe in a paper tube.


The best (only?) place to get real coffee.

Cafe owner is expat from California. Check out the license plates.

The British influence



Candacraig, now a government-run hotel. Had 3 guests when we stopped by.

English Cemetery on the western edge of Pyin Oo Lwin. What's wrong with this headstone?

Life on the street


This blue is everywhere. Does it ward off evil spirits?

I want a watering can like this

Kite flying is a big sport at this time of year, good breezes

A bag of charcoal costs about .30 cents US

The color of red


Lunch at Auntie Winnie's

Sweet strawberries...

And the tiny baskets they come in.

Poinsettias!!

Counting kyat. Usually 1,000 kyat notes. Take a big plastic bag.