I found a broken bracket this morning which we repaired and them cleaned oil filters and oiled the carbs.
The end of the test took us to Mount Popa resort hotel for lunch. It is a stunning spot looking out over a monestry 700 steps up an adjacent rock stack. We decided to climb the mountain after lunch. With a slightly jippy tummy and a long way up to the summit we set off with a guide. No one else seemed to want to join this exciting expedition in the heat of the day, under he relentless Burmese sun. 2 hours later we summited looking as if we had just got out of the sauna. Our guide on the other hand hadn't broken a sweat at all. He had spent most of the climb looking rather anxiously at me, wondering whether or not he was going to have to carry me down. Fantastic views from the top. Communications towers, the inevitable temple and a corrugated iron hut with at one end 1940's generator and electrical supplies and at the other a state of the art cellular base station being installed. The whole thing wide open for us to see. All the kit is being carried to the top by hand, strapping bamboo poles to the side of the box and carrying them the old fashioned way. Well no one else can claim a Burmese mountain on this trip.
I drove back as the sun was going down over Bagan a genuinely spectacular sight.
We decided not to go and have dinner in a Temple nearby with everyone else only to be joined by the usual team plus Dorothy and Alaistair Caldwell and Heidi. A very nice dinner, paid for exceptionally kindly by Xavier. Of cause on the way back to my room the lights all went out and the generator started up. Where is it located? You've guessed it, right outside my room!
Tomorrow we leave late on the way to Yangon. The car is running smoothly, we are both in excellent fettle and looking forward to seeing everyone on Sunday.
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