Today started early - it gets warm when the sun comes up at about 5am, and animals wake at dawn and start making animal noises.
After breakfast Lam asked if I'd like to try his bike out. If course I am keen. Sadly 125cc was a little too much for me. It wasn't really that I crashed it into anything, I just sort of slowly fell off while moving at 5mph. The bike was probably worse off than me, which made me feel very bad. Lam has decreed that I will not be piloting his bike again, a decision I really have no choice but to agree with. Oh well, maybe I'll find a smaller bike later and play with that.
Lam takes me to a farm where they grow dragon fruit, mangos, bananas and... mushrooms. I head into the mushroom warehouse and manage to watch them for a few minutes. I feel pleased with myself. To celebrate not freaking out over some inoffensive little fungi, I wear a nine foot python as a necklace. They are very, very strong - I wouldn't want to do that without two others standing close by. It had a mass of about 45kg and that felt like all muscle.
The owner of the python, and the farm, used to be a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) captain during the American involvement. I have met a few people like this. He is very friendly - well, he let me play with his huge snake.
Lam takes me to some waterfalls which are immense. They are bigger in wet season, but I don't feel short changed. There are several waterfall lagoons around, and the only thing missing seems to be sultry maidens washing themselves. Happily I can provide more than enough sult myself. After a brief trek through the jungle (my first time in such an environment) we come to a cool, clear river which I happily jump in. I may have ruined a nondescript pair of boxers, a price I am more than happy to pay.
On the road again tomorrow.
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