After breakfast, we'll help the local to build a water tank and teach English for the children in the village. We spend the night in a local stilt-house in Sapa.
18 Jan 2009 12:07pm
It's been another relaxing, yet still eventful morning so far. I woke up without a voice, well, barely. I had to speak in a whisper for a few hours. It's getting better now so hopefully its nothing serious. Those of us who were awake ate a breakfast of banana fritters and hiked with the guide out to a house to help build a watertank., Most of us just ended up shooting and at this point, only Evan is helping with the building process. There are too many of us to realistically help out, especially at the slow rate we'd be moving at. Most of us hung out around the fire in the home, wrote, drew and gave the kids some crayons. A few of us also walked up the hill with the guide to collect some roots of some tree to eat. And, hopefully, we'll get a change to smoke with the locals. My fingers are crossed.
Looking back...
Probably one of my favorites days, at least the first half. Being kinda sick sucked, but it was great to hike around and then relax. It was great to be away from P during the morning. It was a very reflective day, very open. Arriving at the homestay in the afternoon was an event, as P was starting secret conflicts between herself and students, etc. It only gets crazier from here.
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