Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Shan tribe




Expansive slash-and-burn rice fields spread across the mountains leading up to the hill-tribe village.

Here is the third village (The Shan tribe) which was very close to the border of Myanmar (Burma).  Their dialect is much closer to Burmese language than to Thai.

We ate a meal of chicken and vegetables inside the tribal hut in the Shan village after hiking up to the top of a nearby waterfall.

This young boy is from the Shan tribe.

1 comment:

Michelle Major said...

I love reading your blog! The pictures and stories are very interesting and I feel I am also learning some about the culture.