The sun sets over the Salween River, beautiful though its banks are lined with garbage. Supper awaits in Mawlamyine, an old British capital which inspired Kipling and Orwell.

We explore the Mon museum, representing a group who migrated from China two millennia ago and introduced Theravada Buddhism.

Churches sit without pews. Locals picnic on the grounds.

A dilapidated corridor leads to an old elevator to Kyaik Than Lan Pagoda, overlooking the city and water.

At Maha Muni Paya, a volunteer, who'd traveled Europe with her husband, repaints the century old mirror tiles.

Time for Indian curries in the influenced city.