The Trycke

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We enjoyed:
- a 10 hour bus ride (each way)
- relaxing and beautiful views
- excellent service at our hut-hotel
- hot springs
- interesting engineering of irrigation systems (ok, just Jason on that one)
- friendly people from Iowa
- shockingly good "garlic rice"
- etc...

But, the real joy was gained from the most ridiculous form of transportation we have ever experienced. How are tricycles a sustainable method of travel, you ask? Well, after the first ride, we can tell you that it is all downhill. Once you know what to expect - extremely slow, bumpy travel over dirt roads (with extra bumps), loud 80s American music from our friendly driver while he asks us to move forward in our seats to keep the vehicle from flipping backwards, a shower curtain (literally) keeping the rain off you (but not off your bags), and as the icing on the cake, 2 people in a seat made for 1 while enduring the bumps - you start to look forward to the hour and a half long rides. They are a promise of adventure. Who knows, you might just breakdown on this ride. Then you have that much more time to enjoy the multitudes of small stores on the roadside, the views from a different angle, or native village men in undersized depends asking if you want to take your picture with them (the women were far more conservatively dressed). What an adventure!

Until our next post...