Lunch being cooked by local tribe man
Up early to get breakfast and pay for our accommodation. We left our bags with Joy Hostel as we are going to stay there when we get back from our trek. Started the trek from the restaurant we booked it at. Got two men with us called Kohsa and Kohmo. It was a bit of a trek to get to lunch that we were worried we weren't going to get. We were almost as sweaty as we were in the bat cave at the pagoda. Before lunch we stopped off at a cave and their were monks meditating inside. We took a torch further into the cave where there are some Buddhas were they meditate. It's so strange that they meditate in there. Continued to work our way up the mountain getting more and more sweaty. Finally arrived in a really small village. We stopped at a little house that made the leaves for the Tabacco. They
dried them out on a huge stone surface and had a fire underneath. They had masses of baskets of these leaves. We then went upstairs and they cooked us lunch. They had a little room where they cooked and dried out masses of chillies. They lit a fire on the stone surface and started to cook for us. They made us noodle soup, rice crackers, chestnut things and cookies for pudding. I spilt all of the herbal tea out of the pot onto my feet and the low table which was a bit burney! After our lunch we headed up the mountain. They showed us avocado trees, sunflowers, eggplant and they gave us some extreme sour fruit off the tree. Wasn't too keen on them. They also showed us some cool flowers that if you touch they close their leaves. Got our super cool ponchos on as it started to rain, which actually made us even more clammy. Got the funniest picture of us both together with them on looking like we have a hunchback as we have our rucksacks on underneath them. We got to a really steep and extremely muddy but where I fell over multiple times. So from there on both Morag and I embraced the mud. When we arrived we were a clammy, wet and muddy mess still wearing our ridiculous ponchos so all the locals got a funny first impression of us. We areas going to be sleeping on a lovely wooden floor tonight with no mossy net. They gave us some yummy bread like stuff that you can either dip into sugar or salt. Also masses of herbal tea. I love herbal tea now. Had so much of it out here! For supper we watched them cook everything up for us on the fire in the middle of the room. Masses of children came into the room and sat round us and stared for a while before singing songs to us. They were all very sweet. We were offered a cigar from Kohsa and realized that they were all smoking weed. The smoke it everyday so I don't think it effects them at all. They gave us some rum which was very strong luckily my glass got knocked over a couple of times so it looked like I had actually drank it! I hiked it up the extreme muddy track to the loos. All the children were watching, was very embarrassing as I nearly fell several times. Loos definitely weren't the nicest. For supper we had beans with egg, tomatoes with peanuts, chicken curry, a noodle dish and a watercress soup. And again a lot of herbal tea. We chatted to our two guide men and a rather drunk local for a long time. The local man was fascinated by my phone and loved listening to the music on it. He held the phone to his ear and did some strange dancing to it. I brought out my cards and taught them all a card game and then did the easiest magic trick there is with them which they all found fascinating!! We then played a a game of theirs with peanuts and we had to guess the number and also a trick with sticks which I managed to do. It was a funny evening. Luckily the man didn't steal my phone and I got it back before going to sleep where we were literally sitting. Everyone then ate in the other room when we went to sleep which was strange and they all went to sleep after supper. It was really cold which was strange as we have always been far too warn out here. I suppose we are quite far up the mountain. They gave us lots of rugs and I funny looking pillow.
Forgot to say that the people in the village all wear turbans around their head it is an old tradition. It is mainly the old people that wear them. We are staying in lovely old couples house. The can't speak English but they are so so lovely and smiley.
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