Really liked today's excursion. We went to a village where the Sanctuary sponsors the village school. Only this boat visits this village. Of course other boats may do the same thing at a different place.

Children were adorable and it was interesting as to see the men and women working. Men had simple equipment to process and cut grass for the cows. One man was a carpenter making cabinets. Men on bikes taking goods to market, women carrying market goods on their heads. Three ladies making hats out of bamboo with a one year old baby. Everyone was very friendly and smiling the kids particularly. Lots of activity everywhere. They welcomed us into their yards.

The houses were simple bamboo houses but all were nicely kept up. Though the pigs, cows and chickens were around the houses. Lots of crops, peanuts, beans, peas and flowers. This is the real thing for sure I noticed they did have some electricity.

At the end of the tour the ship handed out notebooks and pencils to the school children

Absolutely fascinating experience we all loved it.

At every monastery and temple you must take off both shoes and socks and go in bare feet.
Your feet get really dirty. The guides give you a packaged wet wipe to clean your feet amazing how black that cloth gets. It was nice today to not have to take off our shoes and socks