LAOS
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