First day of home stay

First day was real fun. We left Payap at 9 in the morning and drove an hour up into the mountains to our village. It's a small village of about 130 families and was the first village in Thailand to do home stay visits. We got introduced to our host mom and then went to our house. It's right off the main road next to the convenient store. It's a two level house. Very cute. All the vegans are together to make it easier. We are separated into two rooms and we have a balcony. We ate lunch of rice and green beans and pumpkin vines and tofu. It was real good. Then we walked over to the temple and saw the beginning of a Buddhist ceremony and one of two "floating" temples in Thailand. The temple was built on the river so that when the water is high enough it looks like it floating. Then we walked with the rest of the group up the mountain and saw tea plants and a waterfall. The waterfall was beautiful and we were able to hike up stairs and see the very top of the falls. Then we walked back down to the base and swam in one of the pools at the bottom. Then we walked back through the jungle to the village. Then our house played with each others hair and did yoga stuff and stretched a bit. Then dinner of rice, tofu, mushrooms, cucumbers, spicy sauce, and peppers. Then we said hi to out friends and played a fun guessing game with them. This house has a baby that is very cute. They all love my hair lol then the three vegans had a cuddle puddle and talked till it was time for bed and then dispersed. I read a bit and then slept. It was nice :)