Homestay in the middle of nowhere Laos

Trip Start Nov 21, 2007
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

What a privilege! We got to visit a hilltribe village and stay with them. The village was so welcoming. The children would yell "Sabaai dii" and wave with big smiles on their faces. We enjoyed watching some women seperate rice from the husk and weave on looms under their houses. We slept in two different houses, one for boys and one for girls. They set up mats with sheets and blankets and even hung mosquito netting for us! Both of the families had three generations living together and one of the grandmothers was VERY friendly and was so sincere with her welcome gestures and greetings. We also had to take our shoes off before going into their house. They did have a concrete room with one western toilet as well as two other squat toilets for us to use, but no shower, just a water faucet in the middle of the common area!

Mr. Ghee was our local guide and chef limestone forest
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 . We ate on the floor with the family. It was a cool experience and very good food. Tofu soup with rice noodles, rice (of course), veggies and laap (minced meat, mint, chili). We had wonderful tangarines, green mango and pineapple for dessert!

Sleeping was off and on as there were many roosters and other strange noises through the night. Jana got up and went for a walk to watch the sun come up. Then, we had wonderful banana muffins, bananas, omelets, bagettes and coffee for breakfast before heading to the Vietnam border.

One other interesting fact was they use B52 bomber fuel tanks as fishing boats. They just split the in half and add a motor on the back. You could pay to go for a ride on them, but it was raining the day we were in the village so they did not offer it.
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ljshaffner
ljshaffner on Apr 30, 2008 at 01:57PM

A Penny For Your Thoughts!
What goes through your minds when you are in an experience like this? Wow! This was really getting right to where 'the rubber meets the road'...It's great that you two were able to do this homestay! Love you both loads...Mom

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