Jamie and Sophie's Adventure

Jamie Longmore and Sophie Jones travel the world

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Far Trek

Ok firstly some things I forgot to say in the last post - we didn't travel by train in the end as it was cancelled due to floods on the line so we got an 11 hour bus instead which was cheaper and not as bad as I thought it would be. We staying at a hotel called Pornping Tower which was very nice and paid for by my Dad. We are now staying somewhere that costs us just over a quid a night, it has a hot shower and is alright, a place called Midtown House.
Anyway, our 3 day trek was amazing. The first day was really hard work, walking and climbing through the jungle for 3 hours, it was such hard work, I've climbed Snowdon several times and I was nowhere near as knackered as I was after that. We got to a little village with their wooden shacks, it was great, they made us food and we sat round with our guide (Mr Whiskey) playing the guitar, drinking beers and chilling out. They had a bloody cockerill that decided to cockadoodledoo every hour throughout the night for some reason which was a little annoying.
The next day we had breakfast, boiled egg and toast, which was just like being at home apart from the wooden knives, then we set off on a trek to see 3 waterfalls, we went swimming in the first one which was awesome. It was really hard work trekking again, even though it was mostly downhill, it was down dangerous paths and things like walking over rivers on tiny logs where one slip means you're in serious trouble. We both made it safely though I did manage to headbutt a large rock which has left a big lump. We arrived at a different village, ate a nice meal and sat around a campfire. The toilets in these places are just holes in the ground and the showers are a bucket of water with a bowl, luxury!
Today was the best day, walked for 40 minutes to the Elephant park, went for a walk on Sonka the Elephant who was very cheeky and was stealing other peoples bananas. We then went in a rubber raft through the rapids and then cruised down the river on a bamboo raft.
I don't really have enough time to explain how amazing the last 3 days were but we took loads of photos and I will upload them either today or tomorrow.
Tomorrow we are going to look round some temples and then the zoo, also going to book a bus ticket to Laos for Friday. We have started taking our malaria tablets, no side affects yet.
What's happening with BGCC 3rds and 4ths then, are they both going into div 3? Great news about Worcs CCC.
Look out for the photos coming soon (so long as I can find a good enough computer.)

2 Comments:

  • At 10:25 PM, phil said…

    Hey J, glad you're having a good time out there. Keep the news coming. Anything to distract us common folk from the drudgery of everyday life...

    Phil

     
  • At 11:12 PM, Adam said…

    Hi Jamie, glad to hear all is well. Sounds like your having a great time already. Very jealous.

     

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