The following day we applied for our visas in the Indian consulate and were told to come back the Friday week. The day after that we went to the cinema to see You, Me and Dupree, which was pretty funny. There were loads of camera shops in the shopping centre and I was thinking about buying the 18-200mm Nikon VR lens, but decided to wait and see if I could sell my 18-200mm Sigma one first. The next day we went on a one day tour and I met a chap from Singapore who told me Singapore was a lot cheaper for camera stuff so I'm going to wait until then and blow all my money.
The one day tour was a trip to an eco-tourism village, where there are various hill tribes living together in one village so that people can learn abour their culture. There were four tribes there in total; Lahu, Red Karen, Long Neck Karen, and Akha. The long neck Karens looked really strange, and we learned that they don't actually have long necks, it is their shoulders which have become more slender, and the brass rings sit down on their shoulders. They start wearing the rings at 5 and can choose to stop wearing them when they are 22 or something. I don't really remember exactly but you can look it all up on the 'net I'm sure.
The trip also started with a visit to the Orchid farm and Butterfly farm which were both okay too.
After the eco-tourism village we went to a "real" village. The guide said it was a real village but it was only real in the sense that there were people living there, it was still kind of commercial, when we got out of the minibus we were surrounded by akha women trying to sell us crap. It was grand anyway.
The next day Sheena and Donna went on a cooking course and I wandered around Chiang Mai a little bit looking for laces for my boots. It took me ages but I got them eventually. (My boot laces had dissapeared in mysterious circumstances back in Bangkok).
Then on Monday the 21st of August we started our three day trek in the mountains. I was really looking forward to it after the great time we'd had last year.
The one day tour was a trip to an eco-tourism village, where there are various hill tribes living together in one village so that people can learn abour their culture. There were four tribes there in total; Lahu, Red Karen, Long Neck Karen, and Akha. The long neck Karens looked really strange, and we learned that they don't actually have long necks, it is their shoulders which have become more slender, and the brass rings sit down on their shoulders. They start wearing the rings at 5 and can choose to stop wearing them when they are 22 or something. I don't really remember exactly but you can look it all up on the 'net I'm sure.
The trip also started with a visit to the Orchid farm and Butterfly farm which were both okay too.
After the eco-tourism village we went to a "real" village. The guide said it was a real village but it was only real in the sense that there were people living there, it was still kind of commercial, when we got out of the minibus we were surrounded by akha women trying to sell us crap. It was grand anyway.
The next day Sheena and Donna went on a cooking course and I wandered around Chiang Mai a little bit looking for laces for my boots. It took me ages but I got them eventually. (My boot laces had dissapeared in mysterious circumstances back in Bangkok).
Then on Monday the 21st of August we started our three day trek in the mountains. I was really looking forward to it after the great time we'd had last year.
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