So much has happened

Although i wasn't there all the time i got all the info from Sandra......

On thursday she got the telephone number of a dutch woman who lives here in Yangon. It turned out that there is not really a dutch community but that the dutch who live here in Yangon get together every year to celebrate Koninginnedag (for an explanation of this very dutch day see http://www.thehollandring.com/koninginnedag.shtml ). Sandra was sooo disappointed. She had just booked tickets to Thailand for the 30th. But she said she'd love to join them next year (and get together before that time of course). It turns out that there are 21 ! dutch people living in Burma as far as it is known. Sandra was so surprised. 21 dutch, that is so much more than she ever expected. She had heard about other dutch every once in a while (e.g. a taxidriver talking about a dutch man he knew who lived in Yangon and whether Sandra knew him. Or Xenne's doctor who talked about a dutch woman and her 3 year old son) but she had never imagined that there would be this many people here. And now she wonders what they're all doing here....

Then on saturday Sandra, Xenne & I went into the supermarket to buy baby food while KK stayed with the taxi and all our other shoppings (read: he and the taxi driver sat in the teashop looking at the car and drinking tea). Sandra was just looking at some baby things when a woman started to talk to her. She had seen Xenne (he was in the baby carrier) and she was so surprised to see another western woman with a baby. Her son was 5 months old and he's also half burmese (she's american). So they got all exited and started to talk like crazy in the store. Luckily for me, Xenne started to squirm and cry a little otherwise we might have been in there for ever. They exchanged phone numbers and yesterday Xenne, Sandra & I went over there (they had electricity and we didn't). And Sandra thought it was fantastic. They had so many things to talk about. And they were both so happy to find another woman with a baby here in Yangon (there are western children here but usually past the toddler stage at least). And now they can't wait till the 2 guys meet. KK was busy yesterday so he didn't come along. Me, i found all that baby talk a bit boring but i was happy just to be there and enjoy the cool air....

Alright, the next post will probably be from Thailand.