Chiang Dao, Day 2

Our second day in Chiang Dao.


Our wonderful guides were Sam and John. Sam is a Lisu villager who happens to be Christian. John is Chinese (near the Tibetan region), but married a Lisu wife. He is Buddhist. It's incredible to see the harmony they seemed to share.

What a day of hiking, good food, and good (albeit limited) conversation.

The mud/clay was gnarly. Seriously...


A cave we tried out...


John made chopsticks and plates out of raw bamboo... a bamboo tree he cut down himself. Wow. Sheer talent...


Beautiful bamboo all around...


Minutes after lunch we heard the rain in the distance, seconds later it was on us.

And we finally arrived after a beautiful day of hiking through the monsoon rain to a Karen village. Here is our abode...


And a night of Rummy with John and Sam before bed...


All in all, a good, tiring day.