Tired Days of Turbulant Travel To Total Chaos then (ahhh) Myanmar

Our adventure really began with an eight wheel skid down a slippery slope on the Coquihalla highway while white knuckling in our seats on the Greyhound Bus. Fortunately Mike, our driver, was able to maneuver around the six cars in the ditch as well as the tow truck and two trucks facing us on the inside lane. OK, so we survived that one.... what was next? After a couple of great days with my sister we took our first flight to Seattle. I was a little nervous as the little plane bounced and shook trying to fight cross winds. In Seattle we ran in to Stan and Gayle, our neighbours which was a surprise... then, after a four hour rest we entered our first third world country on this trip... otherwise known as LAX (Los Angeles Airport). Total breakdown in infrastructure it was utter chaos. Suffice to say there were at least 200 people outside the building waiting to get through security. We were lucky enough to find the terminal (not a lot of help there) then pushed past everyone to get on our flight. The two hour layover where we had hoped to sip a nice cold beer and people watch... turned in to an episode from the Amazing Race. We won!!
That flight was facing head winds of up to 140km/hr which put us another hour or more behind schedule. Good thing there was no connection in Bangkok!
The new Bangkok airport is absolutely beautiful. It surpasses Singapore in my opinion. We found our way to Sukumavit Road and Suk 11 Guesthouse. Cute little place off the main road and surprisingly quiet until last night around 3:23AM (!!) when a few Auzies decided to sing their way home from the bar. Oh well.. it was cute, clean and cheap.
After a day resting from our Turbulant Travels we spent yesterday getting our money's worth out of a LRT day pass. Went from one end to the other with a lot of walking through our favourite part of Bangkok.... the Chinese shopping district. Lots of delicious street food which I couldn't identify but really enjoyed. Got some great reading glasses for about $1.50 each. In the evening we discovered the delights of shopping center food courts in Bangkok. They ain't anything like what we have back home. If felt like 5 star dining. Full fat and happy we collapsed on the bed and slept (until 3:23AM!!).
Having just arrived in Myanmar there is not much I can say except I keep thinking of my Father. He was here during WWII and had so much love for the country and the people. He wanted Shane and I to come if we could which is the chief reason I'm here. The hotel I booked on the internet said it was near the Temple.... little did I know we can see it from our window. This is the one place Dad wanted to see again and wanted us to see. He was fortunate to come back a few years ago with the Canadian Forces. We were not able to visit Myanmar (Burma) in 1993 when Dad, Celia and I were in India so this is a dream long in the process. Tomorrow we will visit the site.
With that in mind I will sign off. I think I'll join Shane for a rest then, when the sun is lower, we will go and explore this fascinating city, Yangon.