Hike through the woods, then lunch by a waterfall.
Good place to meditate, if visions of your children smashing their heads against river rocks aren’t dancing in your head.
A 104-step climb back to the van, then off for bamboo rafting. They actually assemble the rafts “While You Wait!”
Ben got to steer for a while and Sammi stood on her raft through most of the rapids. Snakes!
Also took a trip to a village where we got to meet some local kids.
After several showers, off to a restaurant where the men’s room is signposted by a statue with an alarmingly large phallus.
After dinner, we took part in a Thai ritual where lanterns were lit inside large paper balloons. Pairs of us took hold of the balloons as they filled with heat and set all our bad luck and evil feelings inside. Once full, we released the glowing angels into the sky where they could join the rest of the stars for an after-dinner drink.
