The new gang consisted of Mark and Mike from the lovely land of UK, then we had the crazy Dutchie gang, Jeroen, Anne miekerd, Birgit and Marc. We also had three Froggies in the group; Christophe, Franch and Yann. Such a nice group after the first one! They were friendly and chatty! Really entertaining!
Sooo... We headed off into the mountains. It went up, up, up! I didn't mind too much, like climbing up! The scenery was really stunning too, which helped a lot. Amazing views the higher up we came. Saw some wild banana trees, some weird bugs and birds. Everywhere was so dry but they still managed to grow the most amazing cabbages on the hill sides! It looked great too! went through little villages, cute little kids running around everywhere, little chicks and piglets everywhere too. Oh, and puppies!! They were licking my legs! Uuuhh!
Came across a waterfall after about 40 minutes. Everyone was really hot and ready for a dive into the water. It was a wee bit cold but sooo refreshing! I tried to swim into the waterfall but the current was too strong. There were some Thai kids swimming there too which was nice to see. They were a little mad though, jumping off the top! Wish I was brave enough to do that! Maybe one day!
Then there was more walking, mostly uphill. When we were getting closer to the village where we were to spend the night, we caught up with a herd of cows on their way home. We got a little bit too close to them and Mamma Moo didn't like it (there were little calves there) and decided to charge us. Marc was closest and had to jump in the bushes to avoid her! My heart was racing, I thought he'd fall off the mountain!!! Luckily he only got a few scratches.
When we finally arrived in the village I didn't really care what it looked like. Was so exhaused! Typical fashion our house had to be the one the highest in the whole village! Such a cool house though! Looked pretty new and was very comfy. We all had little spreads on the floor which was our beds, you could see through the walls (which were made out of bamboo, like the rest of it too). Our guides got on with the cooking whilst we washed and rested.
After dinner, which was yummy indeed, we rested some more, watched the sunset from our veranda thingy, then got entertained by the village girlies (kiddies). They were dressed up in traditional style and did a little bit of singing. Hung around for a while outside than retired to the bedroom. Fell asleep to the sound of someone talking about weddings (or was I dreaming). Got woken up every so often by dogs killing eachother (?) and people sneaking to the loo. Otherwise it was oh so quiet! Really great experience, not at all like "Sleep In Heaven"!!
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