VILLAGE LIFE EXPERIENCE
Take
the opportunity to enjoy a snapshot of village life in a rural
Isan community. Learn about rice planting and harvesting, meet
the local villagers and school children, visit a silk
weaving village and sample traditional Isan cooking with fruits
and spices bought fresh from Bua Yai market.
Day 1
Meals: Dinner - tour starts in the afternoon.
Pick up from Sida bus stop or Bua Yai train
station and transfer to homestay.
Meet the family and some of the local people. Take a walk through
the family rice fields and learn the process from planting to harvesting.
You can visit the villagers' homes where the various traditional
processes take place. Alongside the rice fields you will find irrigation
canals where the Ko Phet villagers have planted an organic vegetable
garden, growing squashes, beans, peppers, chillies etc. [Please
note that these activities are dependent on your arrival time and
also the weather].
If the school is open, you can visit and
talk to the teachers and children and look at their work.
Return to the homestay house and garden where you can sit in the
shaded splash pool while Lamai prepares a typical Isan meal, followed
by a drink on the verandah to watch the water buffalos amble homewards
while the sun sets over the lake.Overnight at the homestay.
Day 2
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Following a leisurely breakfast, travel
by car to a small, rarely-visited village, where you can see the
local craftspeople carry out their part in the silk-making process.
Depending on the time of year, they may be boiling silk worms, spinning
the silk, dyeing it or weaving it. You will have the whole process
explained to you.It is important to note that this is not set up
as a tourist "silk village". This is an Isan rice village
where many of the women supplement the family income by spinning,
dying or weaving silk in their own homes.
In the afternoon, visit Bua Yai market to learn
about the exotic fruits and aromatic spices used in Isan cooking
and experience the traditional lifestyle of the region. Lunch will
be taken in one of the local restaurants.
On the way home, time permitting,
visit the 11th century Hindu Temple at Prang Ban Sida and hand-feed
the tame catfish in the pond.
Return to the guesthouse in the evening
to enjoy a meal in the beautiful gardens.
Evening meal and overnight at the homestay.
Day 3
Meals: Breakfast -Tour ends after breakfast.
Transfer to bus- stop at Sida or Bua Yai train station for onward
journey OR stay an additonal night OR combine with one of our other
tours.
PRICES
2-4 persons: 3,772 baht per person.
Children
under 2 - FREE in parents' room. Children between 2
and 12: 70% when sharing same room with 2 adults and one extra bed
is required.
Transfer to/from Sida bus stop - free.
Transfer to/from Bua Yai train station 200 baht.
Services included in the price:
All meals as outlined in the itinerary
Admission fees where applicable
Services not included
in the price:
Alcoholic drinks. Flights, trains, bus fares and other
transport costs other than those outlined in the itinerary.
