Karen Hill Tribe

Our tour then stopped at a place where one of the Karen hill tribes sell their home made goods. These communities are part of the hill tribes and are mostly from Myanmar (Burma). We made this old man's day when we boat his wind chimes.

We also bought scarves woven by this lady, 120 Baht each. Some of the pieces for sale are brightly coloured and involve delicate patchwork, like this apron.

The people live in barn like structures with leaves as roofing. They are huge leaves folded over a stick and packed like thatching onto the roof. This needs to be replaced each year before the rainy season.