COUNTRIES

Jun Ka village in the morning. There were only 15 houses there

Dogs are kept for food and not as pets. This was our lunch on Christmas Day

Before we left the village, our dog was ready

Friendly Akha people. Only very few agreed to being photographed

Best friends!

Morning clouds still lingering over the mountains

Super-tall bamboo

Rice storage is built near rice fields. We stopped here for lunch

We arrived in the 3rd village - Chia Hen. There are 35 houses and 290 inhabitants

A house made of bamboo. When new one is needed, everybody in the village helps to build it

Main street in Chia Hen

Chief followed us around the village

Akha are very efficient hunters. They make riffles and gunpowder themselves

Another hunter just came back from the forest

They haven't invented nappies yet

"My first slingshot"

Ela wanted a group photo, but the kids run away when I pointed my camera

No comment

Men eat first and women wait their turn. I had fever and they were worried about catching my illness

The first woman prepared betel nut when I said I had never tried it

After a minute of chewing, my tongue looked like this

From 5am these women started threshing rice under the house and didn't stop for hours

It takes a long time to thresh this little rice

I was surprised they let me take photos