Random Detours

Along the way we stopped off in a local village and found a hiking trail down to the river and some beautiful panoramas of the rice paddies and forest. We saw a grandma and her 2 grandchildren watering the fields bucket by bucket between the river and field (about 1/4mi away in steep terrain!)
After chatting with the family, they invited us back to their huts for some coconut milk and dragonflies! The grandpa quickly climbed right up the tree to pick a coconut and then cut it open, using a piece of the husk as the straw.

The kids were enamored with Detlef's German TV on his iphone.

They were quite friendly and the kids sure enjoyed showing off their catch of the day… dragonflies. Each evening they grill the tasty-treats. Fortunately, we didn’t stick around for dinner!