DAY 649

We stayed overnight in a Hmong village in the hills and the next morning we 'helped' the villagers make sugarcane juice. The juice is then boiled down into blocks. There are three revolving presses in the middle of the circle, which used to be turned by a buffalo walking round and round in circles. Now they use the modified ploughing machine you can see in front of Ed. You have to sit on either side and feed the cane through the press. Most importantly, you have to make sure you don't stand up at the wrong time and get whacked in the head by the turning arm.