Our first apartment

Our first apartment where Cuso staff still live was in a townhouse on a side street off a busy business street called Insein St.  Quite appropriately named as the traffic is always "insane".  It was new and everything worked.  The landlords were a couple of returned Myanmar Americans who had fixed it up for themselves and then found that a house came with his job.  One of the Cuso staff lives in the apartment across the street and in the picture of that building you may be able to see strings going from balconies to ground level.  These are doorbells rigged up somehow as there are none in the "lobby".  Actually there is no lobby.  They are also the newspaper etc delivery system as there are no elevators and it would be a long walk down and back up just for a newspaper or such.  The item just gets tied on and is pulled up.  Efficient.

Hindu temple on Insein Street

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The building across the street.. look for the strings!

Our first street of houses and mini markets

Kitchen, one of two!

From the inside just heading out to work

Andy in front of our first place

The living /dining room with teak furniture.  Our stuff is ready to move!