Today I saw some more of agricultural Vietnam, including cashew nut, black pepper and green tea plantations and a masive rubber tree forest. I also saw the effects of Agent Orange, where huge amounts of mountainside are completely devoid of trees.
We visited the Bana tribe, who also live in longhouses on stilts, and I talk to the local music player - he plays what seems to be a drumkit-xylophone combination. I have a go and it is good fun. Lam also shows me the orphanage - traditionally here, if a woman died in childbirth her baby was buried with her. A Catholic mission has set up an orphanage which serves the locality.
This evening I eat three animals I have never eaten before. First is porcupine, which is very difficult to eat even after you take the spines out. The meat is tough and full of tiny bones. I'm glad I tried it but I can see why we don't import them by the boatload. Second is deer, which had to happen sooner or later. Third is pigeon soup. I try it, but I have always thought of pigeons as rats on wings, so can't really work up any enthusiasm.
I'm looking forward tomorrow, the itinerary looks promising.
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