Today we were awoken at, oh, 2:30am by the roosters at this small village. They in turn also disturbed the pigs that were sleeping below us. Needless to say, we still got a lot of sleep since we were so tired from the day before.
Once we were up we were made tea and an amazing breakfast of omlette and toast. They again gave each of us 4 pieces. We set out around 8:30am and were going to 3 different villages today. The first part of the trek was difficult but then it was fairly easy on a well travelled trail. When we arrived at the Lahu village we immidiately noticed the diffence from the Karen. This village has used almost all the tree's surrounding it and it was very wide open. The houses were similar however slightly more modern as there was one satalitte. We left this village and went about 30 minutes to the next. We went to annother Karen village. Here we were greeted by school children that brought us a snack and water. We also go to see the women weaving. It was amazing to see how much work they do. The kids were also in school at the time and we could hear them being taught how to speak Thai. (all villages have their own language). We left this village and walked another 2 hours to the last village, the Lisu village. This was a very modern village actually and probably won't be involved with the treks much longer. There even was a restaurant that we ate at! After we boarded a local bus and headed back to Pai.
The entire experience has been so amaznig and surreal. We have learned so much and have seen so much. Our guide showed us how to make so many things along the way out of bamboo and leaves. We LOVED this adventure and it made us even more excited for Nepal!
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