The theme of "Meeting Maung-Maung" is judging books by their covers. Pico Iyer assumed many things about Maung-Maung, all of which proved to be false, and it turned out Maung-Maung was much better than Iyer had given him credit.
"'Experience, I believe, is the best teacher'" (20). While everything Iyer thinks and assumes has some level of cynicism or arrogance, everything Maung-Maung is strikingly honest and so simple in its genuineness.
"Made quiet by this labour of love, I looked up" (23). Iyer finally allowed his assumptions and arrogant suspicions to fall from his mind. It's a good moment between the two of them.
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