Today was the big trek day, 18km although by the end it didn't feel like that long. The trek went fine but I didn't deal with the heat so well, it was very hard trekking in that kind of heat. We started across rice paddies which meant walking along narrow walkways and slim bamboo bridges, I didn't quite make one of them and ended up in the stream. John (one of the older guys) was nice enough to take photos instead of helping me out of the mud :) We had a big climb for about half an hour then the rest was pretty flat through bush. It was great to see a bit of the countryside.
We were met at the end of the trek by a couple of boats. The guys used their feet to row the boat which I'd never seen before. A nice relaxing trip over the lake with only a few questionable moments as the boat slowly filled with water. At the other end of the lake we had lunch and a swim. We also had the chance to eat Rat. With our group motto being "why the hell not" I decided to give a go. The wasn't much meat, mainly fat/grisle, and it was covered in chilli so thats all I could taste.Another half hour stroll to our second homestay. Very similar to the other minority tribe with long houses, this homestay was part of the Mnong group. No running water this time, just a bucket & well we pulled up to have a freezing semi-shower, and the most basic toilet we'd encountered so far - a long drop squat!
No comments:
Post a Comment