Day 1
We will collect you from your hotel or guesthouse and take you to the pier for your slow boat trip across the Mekong
River. Then a short walk will take you Ban Chomphet where you can explore Eagle Cave and Vat Longkhoun – the
once upon a time King’s temple where the king went once a year to meditate for one month.
Then we walk to the Lao Loum village of Ban Nakham and onto a mixed ethnic village Ban Nasay. Here you will be
able to compare the lifestyles of the Lao Loum, the Khmu and the Leu. We continue on to Ban Taptan, a Khmu village
and Ban Som - another mixed ethnic village of Lao Loum, Leu, Taidam and Khmu, where we will take a break for
lunch. Throughout our walk we pass through green rice fields, fields of maize and beautiful natural scenery. There are
plenty of opportunities for taking photographs – of people and mountains, of houses and village life.
After lunch we continue on our walk to the Hmong village of Ban Mokpalai only a short distance away from another
Hmong village - Ban Phouluangtai. The villagers here are your hosts for your overnight stay. They will welcome you
with a ceremony and ask you to join with them in drinking Lao Hai – a delicious alcoholic drink made in stone jars and
drunk through a bamboo straw. Listen to the villagers music and watch them dancing – a bit more Lao Hai and you will
want to join in!
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