A week in Ba Na

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March 10th 2008

Published: March 10th 2008

This week has been spent in Ba Na "The Elephant Villiage". The 14 guides had already had some English lessons, & we spent time trying to bring them up to the next level.

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Shaun Toms

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It is now time for a new adventure. This time I have decided to raise money for Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes. The plan is to ride 2,500km through the Western Ghats of India, starting in Goa, and ridding through Karnataca, Kerala and Tamal Nardu. We will be steering clear of main roads and using local trails as far as possible and hope to find some unusual off the beaten track places. If you enjoy my blog, please make a donation at: http://www.justgiving.com/Shaun-Toms The trip is funded by myself so all proceeds will go to Willen Hospice.... full info

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Weding party in Ba Na

Christian (Germany), Ida (Sweden), Maria (Germany), & myself with some of the villiagers.

A local delicacy

The hardest part of the stay in these remote villiages for both myself & the others has been the food. Western & local taste are totally different. The villiagers eat things that are totally unpallatable to us, & interestingly enough, the western food that we took for them to try, including chocolate, did not suit their taste.

Wedding reception

More delicacies

..... including the infamous Buffalo intestine soup, affectionatly named by us volunteers, "S**t soup". I'll leave it to your imagination to work out why! During my stay, I have found that my appetite has virtually disapeard, & I am eating only to survive. I am not sure how much weight that I have lost, but I guess I needed to lose a few pounds anyway;)

Most of the villiage attended both of the weddings that we were invited to

"Dum Dum Lao Lao"

.... Cheers Lao Lao, the locally brewed fire water known as Lao whiskey 70% +. I think it also acts as a digestiev (ie disinfectant for the stomach) when taken after a meal.