So onto the next village, this is closer to town than the first one and much more acsessible. You can drive to it as it just off the road theough the mountains. The firat village was about a 2-3 km walk, unless you have a 4wd or motor bike, and then only if it has'nt been raining.
The accomadation at the second village was a bit less basic then the first, and I can't describe how beautiful the views were from it. Unfortunatly I've lost most of the pics from there so these will have to do.
There a sutnning flat seating area built overlooking the mountains, great for sitting down andchilling out with a bottle and some friends.
We really enjoyed it at this village, so much so that, we canceled the next 2 night back at the Nest and stayed there. I went down and explained to the owner that we would'nt be staying but I'd pay for the nights anyway, but he did'nt want me to pay as I was'nt staying, now you dont get people like that often here.
While we were down in town we bought a load of pork and stuff and I stocked up on essencial supplies of Sang Som and some beers. My misses did a bbq there for everyone in the night, while I sat around with the men doing my usuall drinking stuff
They would'nt take anything off us for the accomadation for the last two nights and the poo yai gave me a gift of a couple of liters of their local Yaa Dong (Lao Khow with herb's'n'stuff) and his wife gave my misses some hilltribe jewelry. We left again with offers from them that if I go back to come and stay with them for free.
You can arrange the accomadation and guides your self, I think the villages it was something like 100-200 bhat a night for the room, supply your own food. I'd just go back to the second village if I was going again, but would certainly go down to the Nest to eat, but then again, for most people I'd recomend them going through the Nest as most wont have their own transport or speak Thai. It's not expensive according to my wife the treck part was about 2400 each which is all in and dam good value.
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