Horse-drawn carriages sit outside Kandawgyi Gardens,

Flower lined paths guide us to a pond.

Colourful flora announces 'Pyin-Oo-Lwin'.

Black swans swim past Pagoda Island

Locals picnic, take photos, eat ice cream.

We try coconut and taro.

Aviaries feature hornbills, pheasants, and peacocks,

Illusive gibbons 

scurry away.

Hairy Takin avoid onlookers,

far back in their enclosure.

A bold signs declares:

Glossy petrified wood,

"Superior in all aspect"

To any others worldwide,

Displayed alongside prehistoric fossils.

Orchids charm me, as always.

We forget this is Myanmar.

Nam Myint Tower,

We save for evening,

Stunning 

                            and 

                                                climbable,

                                                                                Wedding 

                                                photo 

                                                                                                      locale

Overlooks delightful Pyin-Oo-Lwin