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The accomadation at the village homestay was better than i expecte.d. Although you only had a mat on the floor for a bed and cold bug infested showers, it was clean and everyone was really friendly. For tea we were treated to a traditional Northern Thai Khantoke dinner accompanied by live music. Afterwards we had the chance to test our skills on the strange Thai instruments. After tea everyone headed outside and sat in a circle. Here we got free Head and Shoulder Thai massages while watching traditional dances. The dances were quite strange as it involved young girls swinging swords around their heads and menicingly rubbing them together. It was then Me Jack and Micks turn to get up and have a kickboxing fight with these young lads, although they were half our size they fought aggressively but eventually our long legs beat them.
As a finally to the evening they got Chinese Lanterns which is basically a small hot air balloon about 1 metre square with fire crackers attached to the bottom. They release them into the air and watch as they soar up and then explode.
The following day we headed off on bikes into the countryside to see farmers and how they grew mushrooms on alarge scale. We had the oppurtunity to go to the local school and teach the kids some English. We all had a go teaching (except Jen who said she's scared of small children).I found it funny how when Mick was teaching them the Alphabet he taught it them with a broad scottish accent, resulting in the kids sounding scottish at the end saying stuff like "rrr". We then stayed a bit longer over lunchtime to play football with the kids. I cant remember ever sweating so much than playing football in the mid day sun in Thailand on a dry grassless pitch where every kid chases after the same ball.
After cooling off int he afternoon we headed to Chiang Mai for our last full day.
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