Myanmar (Burma), Arrival in Yangon
23/11/04 Filed in: Travel
Entering a new Jyotish (Vedic Astrology)
sub-dasha period today (Venus, Venus, Sun), I can
easily tell it is no random chance that I've been
drawn here to Myanmar (Burma). The first thing you
notice when stepping out of the airplane onto Myanmar
soil is that the air is soft and sweet, as is
virtually everyone who I have met, including the
happy smiling immigration
staff inside the airport.
Invited
to stay with the family of some new friends who live
here in Yangon (Rangoon), I'm hardly here a few
minutes and already I feel completely at home.
Tonight they are having a birthday party for one of
my hosts, the wonderful, sparkling, divine Lay Wah
(meaning large white gem).
Cooking all day, they have prepared a feast for the numerous family members and friends who are here to celebrate and enjoy Lay Wah's important 21st birthday. There are talks and blessings honoring Lay Wah and, of course, the feast, followed by chocolate cake. More and more people arrive all night and I have barely learned one name when someone new appears.
It was already clear to me before arriving in Burma that this was an exceptional young woman, with great sweetness, depth and clarity of awareness. Everyone who meets her instantly falls in love with her and is sad to see her go. But her mastery of nature was made all too evident when she was able, with a smile, to coax me into singing for family and friends (yes, my friends, first time before a live audience).
This is a whole new kind of place and a whole new time I've ventured into and I think I'm really going to enjoy discovering its secrets. Armed with a lakh of Kyat (100,000) of the local currency I must search out a way to access the internet and share a taste of what I have discovered here.
Please check out all the photos on my SE Asia Portfolio page available at NavaSwan.com
Cooking all day, they have prepared a feast for the numerous family members and friends who are here to celebrate and enjoy Lay Wah's important 21st birthday. There are talks and blessings honoring Lay Wah and, of course, the feast, followed by chocolate cake. More and more people arrive all night and I have barely learned one name when someone new appears.
It was already clear to me before arriving in Burma that this was an exceptional young woman, with great sweetness, depth and clarity of awareness. Everyone who meets her instantly falls in love with her and is sad to see her go. But her mastery of nature was made all too evident when she was able, with a smile, to coax me into singing for family and friends (yes, my friends, first time before a live audience).
This is a whole new kind of place and a whole new time I've ventured into and I think I'm really going to enjoy discovering its secrets. Armed with a lakh of Kyat (100,000) of the local currency I must search out a way to access the internet and share a taste of what I have discovered here.
Please check out all the photos on my SE Asia Portfolio page available at NavaSwan.com