Met @ breakfast a lass from Ping an, the town we will stay in tonight, who will show us the way through the terraces and over the mountains. She was paid by one of the girls to carry her bag!!! I dont think she was that bothered like since she got some money and she was fitter than any of us.
Walked for about 5 hours through the most amazing landscape of mountains and terraced fields.
The steep sided valleys have been carved over centuries to form very tight stair like formations down the mountain slope. from higher up it looks like contour lines on a map.
On the way we were hassled a bit by the locals to buy their hand made stuff and by the local Yoa girls asking for money to show us thir long hair.
The weather was perfect for walking, about 25 degrees and a little bit of wind to cool you down. Had some good crack walking a talking.
Stopped at this village en route for a breather and loads of people appeared from no where to stare at the white folk (or pink folk due to the sunburn)
Arrived at Ping an and saw the tourist trap we'd been told about, which wasnt that bad. Ping an's a bigger place than last night. I quite like it. It feels like some wild west frontier town like Deadwood!! Half built wooden hotels and houses, pigs, dogs, horses and cattle wondering round muddy paths. The sound of hammering and sawing and cockrills crowing. I half expected some drunken cowboy to fall out a saloon with bullets in his yella belly followed by wild Bill Hickock or something like that!!
Found the accomodation down the windy cobbled streets, showered and sat of the wooden balcony playing cards, drinking beers and overlooking the terraces - GOOD TIMES ! ! !
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