Bagan a little more... We went to see how they made their famous lacquerware. It is an amazing process that takes months to make. I may have bought a few pieces to bring home for myself. The people were so nice, letting Zeke try everything.
Kids were tying to sell postcards to us, and those that didn't have postcards made their own drawings to sell. Zeke bought some that he liked and then shared some tootsie rolls with the rest of the kids.
Toby and his parents got up early and went for a bike ride at sunrise to check out a few more pagodas before we hit the road.
A group of women from a local village caught sight of Porter's red hair and fair skin and had to come check him out. He was so popular. I think by the end of our trip he was touched and loved to death. He was tired of posing for everyone's pictures and was ready to be left alone.
Mt. Popa! We climbed all the steps up to the top and survived the monkeys in the process.
There were a lot of people visiting these religious sites from around the area. These boys were away from their village for the first time and were excited to see tourists. They wanted pictures with all of us and were especially excited to take pictures with Toby.
There were monkeys everywhere. Everyone that worked there, every guide and all the local people carried slingshots with them to keep the monkeys back. Our guide let Zeke be in charge of the slingshot. He never had to shoot one, but he did have fun pretending while scaring the monkeys in the process.
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