After a good nights sleep and a relaxing breakfast in the comfortable Belmond Governor's Residence, I felt somewhat restored. I'd had an e-mail from Sule Shangri-La Hotel saying they'd found something I'd left behind, discreetly not explaining what it was. I have a history of leaving a trail of possessions behind in hotels so, still unsure what they'd found, I decided to go there to recover it.
At reception, they called a taxi for me and I was fascinated as the concierge tracked its approach on his smartphone. I was about to sample my first 'Uber' taxi. A small, clean saloon arrived and made good time to the centre of Yangon and the Sule Shangri-La Hotel. The fare was less than half the 'normal' taxi fare. The concierge at the Sule Shangri-La Hotel was helpful but regretted that it would take a little while for housekeeping to bring whatever they'd found to the lobby. I'd already a plan in mind, so I said I'd call back a little later in the morning and I set off, through the rapidly-warming streets, to Yangon Central Station to observe movements in this always-busy station.
The Carriage Department Staff were kept busy that morning. Whilst I was at the station, two trains had problems releasing the train brakes, requiring repairs to be carried out on the coaches before the trains could leave.
Yangon Central Station, Monday 16-Oct-2017: The Locomotive Driver (right) squats patiently whist four men from the Carriage Depot replace a defective vacuum brake hose ('ABS Hose') between two coaches on Platform 7.
The temperature was only around 32 degrees Celsius but, after about an hour of walking up and down the suburban platforms recording the scene with my camera, I was ready to return to Sule Shangri-La Hotel to see what they'd found. What they'd found was the credit card I'd mislaid during my stay. The card was no longer valid because I'd reported the card missing as soon as I discovered the loss. Fortunately, I had another card available for use. Another 'Uber' taxi then returned me to the Belmond Governor's Residence, where I'd arranged an afternoon meeting with Eddie Teh, Belmond's General Manager in Myanmar, for further discussions on the charitable work of the Belmond Myanmar Foundation.
The rest of the day was spent uploading pictures to the internet and catching up on e-mail correspondence.
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The Governor's Residence Hotel, Yangon.
Yangon Central Station (3).
