Almost on arrival, we chanced to meet Thong Wam who persuaded us to be guinea pigs on his untested new trail. We were soon off on our 2 day jungle recce in a party of 14 - including two village chiefs, various tourism/forestry officials and expert local guides.
Lunch, sitting on giant banana leaves and munching freshly-picked roots and bulbs dipped in hot chilli paste, made an exotic picnic. Whilst our companions artfully machete-hacked their way up through the thick jungle, we crashed and stumbled in their wake. Our overnight destination was a large Akha village in the hills.
We were clearly out of place in this traditional ethnic minority village where the women, topless but wearing elaborate headdresses, chewed on bright red betel nut, and the children stared with guarded curiosity at our big noses and blue eyes.
Sounds amazing!! It was lovely to talk to you both. Can't wait to see you and hear about all your adventures properly. xx Lisa xx
ReplyDeleteThat remote Akha village must have been a fantastic experiance..would love to have seen it...Was wondering though, with the thousands of miles travelled so far what are the "essentials to carry etc"..in your backpacks..obviously,tent,s-bags etc..By now you are well seasoned travellers and don't carry too much "stuff" !!!.All love to you...dad x.
ReplyDeleteHey, sounds familiar, we stayed in a similar village, great experience, Stu really loved it for the modern touch of nude aerobics, ladies making flour that is... Your blog is a fantastic read, great pics and very YOU. love the travel heroes and all the little bits around. Enjoy and thanks for letting us share and dream. Really really cool this is!martine
ReplyDeleteI missed the topless pictures - damn it!
ReplyDelete