We met a number of kind abbots, like this one, who was very eager to show us the site of his new monastery along the banks of the Irrawaddy in Mandalay
This abbot was very grateful for our modest donation to the orphanage monastery in Bagan
More intellectual than most, this is the sole survivor of the royal family of Loikaw, who spent many years as a journalist before returning to the palace, which was converted to a monastery
