Day 9- Back to Rangoon!

We are leaving Inle this early morning and heading back to Rangoon. After all the rats and sickness we've endured, I'm pretty happy to be leaving this place, not going to lie. Thanks for the amazing sites and fun boat rides Inle!

After getting back to Rangoon, we rested a little bit at our hotel- Sedona. But after a quick 20 minutes of rest, we quickly headed back out into Rangon to do some more exploring! (Wow, my family just loves to see the sights!)

We started the day at Scott Market. Scott Market is a big marketplace with a lot of different souvenir vendors. You can find jewlery, art, food, etc... basically any goods you want to take back home, you can find it here!

We walked around with our wallets full of kyat, and short after, left with a few souvenirs with our eyes on a few more things that we are hoping to get right before our trip is over.

For lunch, Aunt Jenny brought us to BBQ-  a korean fried chicken joint near Central Hotel. After we finished our meal, a little boy came up to Eric to ask for some money. Although we had encountered many poor children throughout the trip, Eric was somehow very touched by this particular boy and gave him some gifts, candy and a good amount of money! The boy was shocked! 

I had to capture the moment as I too was shocked by Eric's generosity. I think we all are coming to such a realization of how lucky we are... 

After lunch, some of us stayed at the market to continue their shopping adventure while the rest went back to the hotel for a beauty pageant. Once the pageant was over, we found out that Allen had food poisoning from our lunch.. we're all dropping like flies...

In fact, most of our family members weren't very hungry after lunch, so Eric, Steven and I decided to be the fat people that we are and gorge ourselves at the Italian restaurant in the hotel.

After finding a lovely cockroach leg in my soda, I too didn't feel good and so we decided to just call it a night. It's been a rough few days in Burma...

We're heading out to some more pagodas in the morning, so hopefully we all make it tomorrow!