The trek itself was really good it started off from a local village where we picked up our second guide and more importantly our cook for the first night. The trekking itself was fairly easy and through some very beautiful jungle. The only downside with the first day was that upon reaching the camp for the first night there was nothing to do there; no fire, no where to explore, and nobody brought cards or a book. So needless to say when the sun went down at about 6:30pm it was bed time shortly afterwards as we only had one candle to give us light.
The second day of trekking was similar to the first although it became very muddy in sections thanks to water buffalos living in the region. For the second night we were joined by a different cook from a different ethnic group to sample some different local food. The second camp site was also in an abandoned village so we were able to have a nice fire and go exploring so there were things to entertain us here.
The final day was spent trekking through more mud back out of the jungle to Luang Nam Tha. The trekking here was excellent: through very scenic jungle, not too hard, the food was delicious, and the only downside was having to constantly pick leeches off of ourselves.
After Luang Nam Tha I went to the town of Houay Xai which is on the border with Thailand. Here I spent a couple of days but the town has nothing to do so I didn't stay very long and quickly took the ferry across the Mekong river and into Thailand.
Trekking through the jungle.
Standing infront of a section of bamboo forest.
The sleeping accomadation for the two nights.
One of the houses that we used as a camp on the second night of the trek.
The guides preparing lunch on the first day of the trek: sticky rice with some pork, vegetables and chili sauce all eaten using our fingers off of bananna leaves.
A view from just outside Luang Nam Tha of the rice fields at sunset.
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