Day 2 of Trek

Had the worst nights sleep in the history of man. Bamboo floor is rubbish. We were all wide awake, freezing and busting for the loo but too stubborn to get up or do anything about it. trekking started nice and early at 9.30am. The first part was again largely uphill and everyone was greatful for the bamboo walking sticks our guide "superman" had whipped up for us yesterday. he's such a man of the actual earth.
on arriving at the village we all sat down for some lunch which was the usual...RICE. But its ok because we had bananas for after and we've never had those before in thailand ever in the world ever...not.
All the girls were swooning over Martin who was an instant hit with the hill tribe kids and so his potential for a future husband soared. Dream took us on a tour of the village and showed us the process of how they make rice...they love it here.
At night a bonfire was made outside of our hut with the children all gathered round one end and us at the other. They sang us some thai songs including the national anthem and 'heads shoulders knees and toes'......they were lovely...we however were absolutely awful. They had already heard of 'if you're happy etc' and 'in the jungle' was possible the biggest insult to music possible...when we finished a tumble weed could have rolled by, they were silent....so..to save the day..me and holly whipped out a little of the old 'peel banana' chant which went down a storm...they liked it so much we got an actual encore.
The best part however was the discovery of Steven...let me tell you about little Stevie. We first discovered him when James noticed the little dog who had been trying to poo for the last hour..this.. we decided to call Steven. I honestly have never seen a more suicidal animal in my entire life. He had a tiny head and couldn't walk very well so he dragged his scabby legs behind him. All the while the children were singing, Steven was most definitely contemplating chucking himself in the fire...and in my opinion he probably should have done. He was flea bitten and malnourished and all the other dogs obviously hated him. As we were talking outside, Holly stood back. A pathetic yelp was heard and we all knew...it was Steve. Out of all the dogs in the village, he had to be there and at that moment too. I had jokingly told people to kick him a few times but i didn't think it would actually happen. In all honesty he's probably dead by now but he most certainly made the trip worthwhile.
Most of the girls were offered a thai massage in the hut but i decided to pass and me, Kelly, Brandon and Claire stayed to talk outside with a brew over candlelight. We were ripping each others accents apart. Kelly, who has been pretty quiet up till now, was actually hilarious..favourite quote..'What ARE trousers?!!'
There's and eclipse at 4.30am...wish i could be bothered to get up but lets be realistic guys.