Camping on the plateau

The morning after my birthday we ate the included with the room breakfast. After that Matt and I joined a French couple for a hike around the area. We left at 8.30 and descended a steep trail through forest to the top of the waterfalls. It was cool being up here but not as spectacular as I imagined. I couldn't get too close to the edge of the falls to see the bottom or take a good photo. We hiked back up and through coffee and tea plantations to Tad Yuang waterfalls. These falls are almost a twin cascade as well and fall 40m. They are more accessible and you can swim at the top or bottom. The mist from the falls was spread everywhere by the wind, making photography at that moment difficult. We went along the top of the falls to a new resort called Pusawan. We stopped here for coffee and it was then that I noticed the resorts sign. Among the things it offered was 'tent'. I asked the owner and he said they rented tents or I could pitch my own anywhere I wanted for $3. That was enough for me.
We hiked for an hour back to Tad Fane. Matt left for Pakse and I walked 3km along the road back to Pusawan. I set up my tent in a sort of private out of the way place upstream and beside a set up small rapids that drowned out any sounds. The Thai owner of the the resort was still building. He started building the place by himself 2 years ago. He wasn't officially open yet. He had more work to do and planned on a grand opening in the next 2 months but he was glad to have me stay. There was some noise from a table saw and generator but I couldn't hear anything at my tent. I also noticed that during my time there the table saws stopped completely and he did less noisy work. Tad Yuang is a popular waterfall and has a small market in the car park. I ate a simple lunch here. I bathed in the river and read before dinner.
I was the only person staying at Pusawan. I ate dinner alone. The food was bbq chicken, sticky rice and chilly sauce. It was all very good and cheap. Tea and water were free. They really treated me nice here. The sky was unfortunately very dark and had been teasing with false threats of rain all day. The generator went off at 8 and it was dark and quiet.