We hiked through some virgin rainforest (although who am I to know what is virgin rainforest and what is just plain rainforest?) that, sadly, was being slashed and burned at a pretty rapid pace in order to plant rubber trees. Again, who am I to say that the virgin rainforest (what's the opposite of virgin rainforest? Slutty rainforest?) is better for the locals than a couple hundred rubber trees. Anyway, we came out of the forest into a valley that had a few farms on it. The houses are used only when the farmers are here planting, harvesting, or otherwise tending to their rice fields.