The woman carrying a large load over her head was reflected in a puddle

Woman carrying a burden on head — Woman carrying a load over her head

Having finished exploring Thanlyin, I returned to Yangon. Compared to the laid-back Thanlyin, Yangon, the country's largest city, is noisy. Many cars were driving around and the sidewalks were crowded with people.

I decided to take a cab on the way back from Thanlyin. It would have been better to have a taxi driver take me to my hotel, but it was not easy. It was not that I did not want to tell the cab driver which hotel I was staying at. The driver did not speak English, let alone Japanese. On the other hand, I do not understand Burmese at all. In other words, I knew where the hotel was, but I could not tell him how to get there. As a result, I got off the cab at Sule Pagoda, which the driver could easily understand. Sule Pagoda is one of the landmarks of Yangon, so if I say "Sule Pagoda", the driver understands me.

I walked through the crowd toward the hotel. Suddenly a woman appeared, a woman with a large bag on her head, her figure reflected in the puddles on the road surface.

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