Scavenging Bugs, Crabs and wild Veg

The 2nd last day was quiet, with the kids spending up to 10 hours doing home schooling. I, for my part, spent the day re-planning our next steps, as we had seen the weather forecast for Thai beaches was terrible, namely clouds and rain every day. So now we have a very different plan, and we will travel from Bangkok to Northern Laos, then make our way back overland to Bangkok. In two weeks, we plan to stay in three places as bases for further explorations. We did go out a little bit in the village. I, for my part, was very lazy and stopped just a few meters away to watch a game of volleyball. The standard of play was very good, even if the pitch was not quite like the world championship one in Gstaad.
Our final full day in Konoma was given over to a long walk to catch spiders and fresh water crabs for consumption at dinner, at least for the adventurous foodies, not me. The kids have become skilled in spider catching. The crabs were mostly caught by Keja, our guide, and he also found wild green leaf plants and nuts to serve with the food.
On the way back, we briefly stopped at a local primary school, where Oscar sat on the school bank. The maths books they used looked not dissimilar to the ones used by Lola. The tiny size and the rudimentary nature of the school banks were quite striking.Read more