Today we got up early to make a trek to the local hill villages to see how they live and work. Sadly it was raining quite hard but all but one person chose to go on the trip. My challenge was a had a bad tummy from when I woke up. I was rather annoyed with my body for letting me down but I didn't want to miss the trek. So for the first time in my life I took Imodium. It seemed to do the trick. No breakfast for me!
We walked from around 8am till 2pm with only a stop of about half an hour for some lunch ( which I didn't eat much of). The walk was tough due to the wet, muddy ground and a number of the group fell over. Our trainers were covered with red mud and were soaking by the time we got back.
On route we saw some lovely scenery but it was hard to take too many photos because of the rain.
We also saw farmers picking crops and visited a school. There were not many children there as only one of three teachers had ventured up from the main town. It was good to see that Explore! had donated a water collector so they didn't have to go so far to collect water.
Our next stop was inside someone's house. They were so hospitable making us hot green tea and crisps. We found out that one of the girls was due to marry one of the lads in the week, so our guide gave them 5000 kyats (£5) from us to thank them for having us. I also had two slimming world bars in my rucksack which I gave to the young child. I think they were pleased 😃
We stopped for lunch at another larger house and they laid on a fantastic spread. I managed to eat a little but kept it quite bland.
Our final stop for the day were some caves that were filled with Buddhas. We had to go in bare feet. I'm not too good in bare feet and I got very cold and they got wet and muddy too. To prevent taking our mucky shoes into the coach and hotel we popped them in the luggage hold and went back to our hotel bare footed. The hotel were wonderful and took all our trainers and washed them for us. They are very wet now but also very clean. Here's hoping that they dry overnight so I can pack them as we move to a new location. We are taking the road to Mandalay which will be a long coach trip.
On return to the hotel room the plan was to chill and read. I ended up sleeping for a couple of hours instead. Much needed ! For dinner we went to the Everest restaurant which was recommended. Food was lovely and I had two hot lime juices to try and get warm again!
Finally we are now in bed for a short read and then sleep ready for our 6am start.
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