trecking around through the rice patties

Northern Thailand is beautiful! Full of rice patty fields nestled in between the lush hills. We spent a little time out at Phons home and their family farm (rice). Her family is so sweet...they all work so hard in the rice patties all day...even Phon's 75 year old mother. We had a great meal of BBQ pork and soup, rode around on their motor bikes and took a long walk while passing out candy to the village kids. I was the white haired fairy ;)
We took a bus further north to take the boat down the Meakong river through Loas, but we only made it into Loas for a little bit...we had to turn back because Phon's passport was not valid for 6 more mos. (what they require) So we found a great little hotel right on the river for the night and enjoyed the view of Loas. Now we are on a bumpy old school bus to go to a town with an airport...we hope to catch a flight south, head into Cambodia, then just go chill on an island for a week.woohoo!