Since we last wrote, we headed for Si Phan Don (4,000 islands). We spent a couple of days on Don Det, where we hired bicycles out to explore the island. It was an old-school bicyle; Hannah looked like Miss Marble, Ben looked like a plonker! 10 of us clubbed together and bought ourselves a pig! The son of one of the river-hut owners was given a water bottle full of Lao Lao (pretty much moonshine!) and told to go and kill it. Consequently he was hammered from 10am onwards!- The rest of the family weren't far behind! They put the pig on at 10am, and we ate at 7pm, - a fantastic feast! Lots of crackling, stickyrice, the works! It was amazing! Much of the time we just relaxed. On Don Det there's no electricity,
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