O K, Marc, your wish is my desire. Since Belawan was taken off the itinerary, we have an extra day in Myanmar so we were given the option of going into Yangon today, mid afternoon, and staying at the Governor's Residence at a nominal price. Therefore we will leave tomorrow morning for the airport at 5:45 a.m. rather than an hour or more earlier from the ship. It sounds now like things will move nicely for the 48 (I think) people involved but you know that there will be a million complaints from those who expect Western amenities in a more primitive area. We are warned about "pit" toilets and having to wear long pants in the temples but already people are saying they don't believe that long pants are required. People are interesting.

Yesterday we had an "event" in Phuket that was the trip from HELL. Basically, there was NO communication between the tour company, tour desk and the guests. I won't go into details.

Ardis