Thanksgiving

Being British we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. However when Ant heard that we could go to the American Club (Rangoon) and eat turkey, ham and a “selection of pies”… well we had to go and celebrate Thanksgiving with the Americans. I have actually celebrated a few Thanksgivings, the first one being 10 years ago in Mongolia with dear Munson. It was our first meeting in fact. So Thanksgiving day started off with a phone call to Mongolia (where Munson once more resides). Happy Anniversary Munson!

One thing that amuses me about the “clubs” in Yangon (the Brits have one, so do the Ozzies), is that they all refer to the place as Rangoon. No one really calls it that in the country (although sometimes foreigners get confused and call it “Yangoon”), so it all sounds very colonial.

  

Once inside the club there were turkey decorations galore, and lots of Americans. In fact I suspect we were the only British people there. We even managed to speak to one real live American which was quite exciting as you can imagine.

Photos below show Ant with his first helping, and a bottle of American ale (no we haven’t acquired a child)… and and Ant by turkey/ thanksgiving decorations and the wondrous stars and stripes with his second helping. Apologies to all vegetarians but he seemed to opt for a plate with only meat on it. Actually when I say second helping, it’s not exactly true, because we had Pumpkin soup to start with, and Pumkin Pie and Pecan Pie for desert… and only then did Ant go back in for a final meaty course!

 

The American Club has also a “Tuck Shop”. Ant was in HEAVEN. He bought many exciting (to him) American sweets. Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups. Butterfingers. Double Dip Nerds. Sour laces. etc. (alas no Lucky Charms). According to Ant sweets are in short supply in Yangon. But clearly not at the American Club. (Which we couldn’t join even if we wanted to because we are not American. Fortunate in some ways as I think we would need to take out a bank loan to cover the fees… and bank loans are not really possible in this country). The photo with the trophies is interesting, as these trophies relate to the “Yangon International Darts League”. Who would have thought? Darts. In Yangon. Seeing as half the world wants to visit perhaps Phil the Power Taylor himself will find himself here playing a spot of darts with the Americans??