We decide to leave Pin Aung early next morning in case there
are another few mountain ranges that our informants had not factored into the
two-hour drive.
We shall see…
The drive starts in Pin Aung where the roads are bordered with flowering plants.
Pointsettias are covered with red bracts and Canna Lillies with red flowers. We
are still in Southern Shan State. We notice some of the women wearing black
outfits with bright orange turbans. They are Pa O. However, all the men are not wearing Shan Pants but longyis, as
indeed are most of the women.
I know I’m getting old when I find myself asking the manager
of Wine Wine Le Motel if there are mountains between Pin Aung and Loikaw and am
delighted when I hear there are not! I did appreciate yesterday's mountain tops because however high they were, they still had forests right to
the top. Most mountainous countries no longer have that.
The red flowering plants end as we leave the little town and
fields of arable land take their place. Row upon row of vegetables are hemmed
in with corn on the cob growing profusely. Then come acres of padi turning the
landscape a luminous green.
A huge sign in red and gold informs us in Burmese that we
are leaving Southern Shan State and entering Kayar State.
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