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...Oops, gettin' a little behind here!
... down that river for about an hour to the village. The breeze was heavenly and for that one hour.....we actually didn't sweat....at least until we stopped! I know that sounds a little gross, but it is such a fact of life here that it has become a non-issue. Can't imagine that I have one old cell left in my body any more. They've all been dripped- or poured - out!
After an hour or so, we rounded a bend in the river, and the village began to appear. ...
El "loop"
... que en temporada baja las pocas mujeres que se ven por las calles son como cualquier hija de vecina y el cuento de los anillos del cuello pareciera ser una estrategia mercadológica de un triste pueblo en el que nadie se pararía de no ser por la promesa de ver en su hábitat natural a estas 'exóticas mujeres'... disfrazadas. La segunda parada en vano fue en un parque de aguas termales de la zona que cierra durante ...
Long neck
We went all the way west close to the Myanmar border to the small border town of Mae Hong Son. The people who settled the area are part of the Shan tribe, however there are many different hill tribes all living here due to the conflict in Myanmar. The town center has a small lake where on one side sits two beautiful temples that have a mix of Thai and Burmese style. Being here was so different than the other places ...
Rafting through the Jungle to a Mountainside Town
... unit.
Had cleared out most of the spiders before we were under way which was a good thing since one of the South Africans was scared of spiders. Even so ended up throwing a few more spiders out of the raft over the first hour or so of rafting.
Once again some nice jungle views from the river and similar rapids to the day before with a few big ones. At one point even heard and quickly glimsed some monkeys by the riverside. Unfortunatley they were moving ...
Long Necks and Mud Angels
... enough little town, but nice enough is not what we are after. It is not buzzing. We need a little more spark than this (especially at this end of our trip). For Si it was the walk to Fish cave this morning that ended him. Again a nice enough walk through some lovely manicured lawns, to a big pond underneath a curved rock (difficult really to justify the word cave). Not really edgy travel - but we could justify to ourselves that we were ...