Part 1 - Bangkok & Myanmar
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I woke up around 6am not surprising given how much I'd slept the day before and I used the toilet and again there was no toilet paper, just not got the right kind of backpackers here. I packed and was ready to go so had breakfast, paid for the trek and met my fellow trekkers which were 2 couples one from London and the others from Dresden in Germany. We started a bit late which is normal and we were soon sweating going uphill in the sun But we did keep to a reasonable pace until our first stop where we had tea and some snacks. The fields were nice to look at and it was good talking to the couples as our guides English was not so good, the Germans had both finished studying psychology and the English lived in Finsbury park. The guide later told us his name translated as handsome man which made it more entertaining and he also had a trick where he made bubbles from a plant like when you use fairy liquid. The next stop for tea was a little hut on stilts just off the path and there were a lot of beer cans and bottles left from previous tourists trekking past. We continued to the main village for lunch which was a nice range of dishes with more tea and we had made good pace there arriving early. Handsome man took us round the village where we found that the children mostly are in school until about 11 and then they work as school in town is expensive so very few children get to go there.
The way back was a different route mostly but we did join up with the main path and finished with a tuk tuk the last bit into town. The guys didn't want to seem to meet up for dinner so I got some on my own and saw 4 local people on the one motorbike which was the most I'd seen, I later told someone who said they'd seen 5 but then in Spain where my parents go there are people who deliver fridges and such on a motorbike. Stayed at the hostel and had a few beers and there were a few people about from Germany, Austria and Holland. This time I had a roommate who took ages getting ready for bed and again packing the next morning. Sam had said he'd meet up for drinks but didn't show.
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