As everyone know, we are now in Yangon to volunteer for GreenShoots. Our mission: do a feasibility study to see if we can implement Microfinance for People Living With Aids in the poorest township from Yangon: Hlaingthayar. We took time to settle in: we spent the initial 5 days in a hotel and have found a nice flat with two other people (from France & USA). After a week, our stomach has been up and down, especially mine and Agnes seems to cope with all the food here. (I even managed to get sick in a taxi...what a nightmare)...To give you a feel of our life, it is 30/40 degrees, very very hot, full of mosquitos, very urban. People here are so nice: you arrive in a bus, 3 different people give you their seats; you look at your map, 1 people will hold it and another one will light it up; your break your flip flop in the street, after 3 seconds (no joke), one lady gives hers and start repairing yours...Lovely people...But you should also be aware that prices here are very very high; e.g. a hotel night is usually not less than $50, a month for a studio is $500, a SIM card is around $200...Anyway see below some pics of our first days in Yangon and our first visit at the Hlaingthayar clinic where we met the medical staff and the patients.
