Long and Jembruut making cups

Hill Tribe Trekking

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November 11th 2007
We survived trekking through Thailand's jungle! My UK friends and I signed up for a trek from Mae Hong Son, to be picked up early in the morning and last 3 days. Joined by a French couple and a large German man, we boarded a pick up truck with our friendly half Tibetan/ half Shan guide, Long, and our Lisu porter, Jembruut, and were taken out of town and up into an accessible Hmong village; ou ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more