Tuesday 27th October, Ban Ton, Heavy thunderstorms force change of plan

Overnight the heavy rains had continued non stop and we were advised against continuing on our planned route due to some sections of the path being very narrow and having some large vertical drops. Plan B was quickly put in place and we decided to do the original route for the trek in reverse order to avoid this section.

We followed a jeep path back to our start point at Ban Xom and were able to make a short visit to the local market before catching a bus to Ban Sai on the Ma Rver. At this point we joined a section of the Ho Chi Minh trial for a pleasant walk though the jungle to our overnight stop in Ban Hang.

This was a much larger village than previous with much more activity in and around the village including panning for gold.

The villagers were again very friendly and made us welcome in their homes.