Got up latish on New Years day and visited local Mini-Mart. Andy & Jo try(without much success) to arrange their return trip to Thailand. Visit Smiley Horse again, but don't stay very long as mossies in full flight/bite mode!! Interesting meal at Thakaek restaurant(no connection with Travel Lodge)!
The next day we meet our guide for a 2 day/1 night homestay in a local village. The trek promises a first day of 16k and a second day of 17k and our guide is to be Deth a very lively young man who speaks good english and has a great sense of humour. We all took to him 
immediately as he 'sang' along his words and made a point of pronouncing his r's with a resounding rrrrrrrrrrr!!
immediately as he 'sang' along his words and made a point of pronouncing his r's with a resounding rrrrrrrrrrr!!After a mornings walk, we visited a lovely cave, picking up Mr Mee a local guide on the way, who also had a lovely disposition and good sense of humour!! Lunch followed and we all tasted grass-hopper mixed with some chillies and various other ingredients(couldn'y stop hiccoughing afterwards!!)
We arrived in he village and after collecting a few bottles of Beer-Laos, proceeded 
to eat evening meal. The fish was excellent, but the chicken a little tough for our western palates. A range of other 'local foods' were also tasted. A Baci ceremony was also held to welcome us into the village!
to eat evening meal. The fish was excellent, but the chicken a little tough for our western palates. A range of other 'local foods' were also tasted. A Baci ceremony was also held to welcome us into the village!The next day we were up(after a very cold night), at 7am to continue our trek to a Lake and finally a LOD Tractor drove us(1.5hrs!!) to some rapids, where we swam to round off the day. We all enjoyed ourselves very much and will have some happy memories of Deth and all the other people who looked after us over the two days.
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