Our Hill Tribe Visit

nest hill tribe (8), originally uploaded by Robbi Baba.

We arrived at this tiny village on elephant back, as part of an arranged tour. The women were waiting for us to try and sell their woven goods and other stuff they either made or imported. Luckily for us they were very polite--we'd heard that some villages give you a real hard sell. We felt very silly buying 'souveniers' that seemed useless and whimsical at the time. We bought out of desire to help these poor folk, rather than genuine desire for the crafts. Now that we're home these odd purchases are real treasures!
Note the bare earth around this home. The whole village was bare earth and I wondered what happens when it rains? Note also the TV antenae and I saw a few solar panels there.