The rice paddies of Bada
The second day of our walk was fairly uneventful. The path cut through tropical forest, following the huge Lariang River north towards the town of Moa. The Lariang is Sulawesi's longest river (it's 225km long), and it's an impressively powerful beast, strewn with rocks and the detritus of rainforest. The walking was easy enough, which was lucky as we our map didn't stretch beyond the valley of the megaliths, and soon after lunch we arrived in the small riverside village of Moa.
Here we spent the night in a basic losmen and sat there watching the entire village using the river as a bathroom, toilet, clothes washer, water source and village meeting place. I'm sure that Peter, ever the adventurous sort, was keen on the idea of spending this night in the forest too, but to be honest I wasn't feeling too ecstatic after the heavy walking. I had blisters on my feet and aches and pains everywhere, and I wanted a bed; for this reason alone, Moa was a pleasant surprise.
