the women carry 35kg bags of rice over very long distances and up steep mountains
dinner at the home of Poulou (seated on right) the deputy chief of the village. This is the room we also slept in. Home to 13 people of one family over 4 generations
early morning sun through the gaps in the walls catch the smoke rising from the room below where they cook.
sunrise from our nature lodge
the classroom
the school house
eventually we moved into this "nature lodge"
this is me with the boys from the 3, 4 and 5th grade. I taught then English. (there are also 5 girls in the class)
this is hubby resting on his sleeping mat in the "nature lodge"
this is our guide, Souk, in the "kitchen" of our "nature lodge" boiling water for coffee. He slept on a mat next to us during our entire stay there. Note the well ventilated walls.
this is the bathroom in the village, here everyone takes a shower, does their washing and fills their drinking/cooking water containers to carry back to their huts.
grandmother and grandfather of the deputy chief, two of the 13 inhabitants of the home we stayed in.
buying some takeaway food for the bus trip. Black rice steamed in bamboo with coconut milk, very yummy.
the bus trip back, smaller bus but still they were sitting in the aisle on plastic stools.
these are our three sleeping mats in the home of the deputy chief where we slept the first night.
