Life on a Pepper Farm.
Ahhhhhhh, we finally broke out into the county. We have to say, it was worth it.
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| The Vine Pepper Farm |
We've been staying at retreat called the Vine. Here are some of our stories:
May 6, 2014
We ventured out from the vine on our motorbike in hopes of going to the village. Of course we got lost and ended up driving passed mango fields where we passed moto bikes that were so overloaded with mangos that they had to be pushed up any small hill. On our way back we saw our friend from the Vine and she told us to follow her to the village where she would show us the school.
We got a tour of the school from one of the teachers and it just happened to be break time for the children so they were out in full force. We learned that it costs 2,000r every month for a child to attend school. That is the equivalent of $0.50 a month. We made a donation to the school which would help 6 children to go to school each for a year and headed back for our hike at sunset. Our hike was guided by two elders of the village who did not speak a word of English and smoked cigarettes at every stop. They were super friendly and very tiny little guys. The trek was straight up a mountain... and by straight up I mean the most vertical hiking you can do next to scaling up a cliff. It was tiring but the views at the top were phenomenal!! We saw all the way to the islands in Vietnam and the complete landscape of Cambodia. All in all it was a very rewarding day.
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