Golden Triangle
In the early AM we started our tour to Northern Thailand to visit the Golden Triangle, the point along the Mekong River where Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar (Burma) meet. The photo of the bottles was taken in Laos where they make whiskeys using the bodies of snakes, scorpions, and lizards. They believe they have medicinal properties. Like the one using Tiger testicles is the Laotian Viagra. NO we didn’t buy any!
Next stop was to visit a village where 3 separate hill tribes live together; The Karen “long neck”, the Akha, and the Karen “big ear”. The people from the Long Neck tribe are refugees from Myanmar. All the tribe people make their living from selling goods they make themselves. Women weave cloths and make jewelry. The men make wood carvings which the women sell. There is also a fee charged to enter the village which the villagers communally share.
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February 10th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Wow! Thanks for all of the great info on Thailand and other places. My husband, Justin and I are backpacking to various countries around the world for the next few years. We are originally from the States, currently living in New Zealand, and planning to travel to South East Asia within a month. Feel free to follow us as we go, http://www.nomadbackpackers.com
Your blog will be a great resource as we dream and plan for South East Asia. Thanks for the great photos too! I like that you have pictures of people and not just buildings and scenery.