So we’ve been here over 24 hours, and are essentially locals now.
As proof of our settlement I offer this non-exhaustive list:
- updating my Twitter bio to include the words ‘househusband’ and ‘Yangon’
- putting some home-y stuff up around our apartment
- unpacking some of our luggage
- going to a supermarket and only being a little bit overwhelmed and finding some of the things we forgot to pack (of primary importance was baker’s yeast – sorry Mum, there’s a yellow Tupperware container full in your fridge)
- pretending not to get excited about giant avocados for 50c, because that’s just totally normal and we are locals now
- getting lunch from the British Council cafe (weirdly good Middle Eastern food)
- having a casual lunchtime conversation with the Ambassador, because that’s just how we roll
- walking around Kandawgyi Lake after dark and getting locked in (but that’s another story)
- going to work [Esther]
- staying home and pretending to organise the house [Jono]
Continue below for photos of things, if you’re into that kind of thing.
