Before we headed off to the middle of nowhere for the homestay in a small village, we stopped off at the Lampang Hot Springs. The water blasts out of the ground at boiling point and you can buy eggs to put in the pool in the picture above and they come out hard boiled. They also have the water running through channels round the park to let it cool of so you can paddle in it.
The homestay was a bit more basic than the one on the previous trip, the accommodation consisted of a big room with mattresses on the floor and a mosquito net. Some local people from the village played their weird instruments for us over dinner which was nice, even if it was the same tune repeated endlessly for about and hour. After dinner the local children did some of the traditional Northern Thai dances.
After a long and hot night without air conditioning, we offered alms to the monk at the village temple. Ladies aren't allowed to have direct contact with monks so they had to drop the food into the bowl.
After that we had a bike ride around the village, visiting the big temple, mushroom farm, local school and textile shop. I seem to have managed to do more bike riding in the last few days than the last few years.
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