Day 7

Today was the first day of our big treck!
It started with a short drive from Dalat, where we were staying, to a small place called Chicken Village.
We stopped at the house of a family who were part of the minority groups in Vietnam. They had settled here from the North and we watched them weave on a Loom. They were selling amazing hand crafted silks and rugs.
But it was time to walk, not shop..
We left the village and headed down a dirt path through farms, the weather was beautiful! It was cool and not too sunny so we got to the next stage pretty quick.
We were now walking up the steep hills of Elaphant Mountain and into the rainforests that covered it.
We whad hat would become our usual lunch time meal; bread rolls with jam, penut butter, fruit and oreos!
This is where we learnt something very important about our guide Julien.. He absolutely loves penut butter!
When we made it to camp, we were glad to rest our legs and feet, but it wasnt long before we were up again setting up our tents, collecting water and de-leeching our feet.
When we were done, everyone was finding ways to entertain themselves for the next few hours. Most slept, but Darcy and Jye decided it was time to test out their pocket knives, by carving patterns into their walking sticks. Julien decided he would make a mini temple out of sticks and these strange seed pods.
In the end most of us helped but the temple and surrounding gardens together, creating a work of art!
Dinner was maccaroni pasta with broccoli or a pumpkin soup, both of which were delicious.
We sat around a camp fire after that but everyone was exausted so it was an early night.