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A
couple of kilometers out of Mae Sot to the north,
the road
begins to climb and to wind. The mountain jungle is
slowly closing in linked with thinly flowering creepers.
Over hills and through valleys with abundant vegetation,
filled with the odor of the jungle.
The road became steeper, up the hill-sides, or down
on them. In the forests along the road bird-life became
visible. Small birds, bigger ones and maybe some vulture
–due to the distance it was not clearly visible- wheeled in
the sky, shrill, bird-like whistling came out from the bush,
maybe made by colonies of squirrels.
A stop in one of the small villages lining the road
to take some lunch. In the dim interior of the small, open
restaurant -a model of most remote oriental eating-houses
-we were awaited by the owner and cook who was naked to the
waist.
Tattooed dragons writhed among the cabalistic figures
on his chest and arms. A snippet of intestine was clinging
to a finger, which, shaken off, was caught in mid-air by an
attendant cat.
I pointed to some chickens’ limbs swimming in red
curry and also ordered some rice. A few minutes later I was
neatly stripping the meat from those saffron bones. Some pickled
cabbage, with garlic and chili-pepper was served.. It
had a sharp, sour flavour, for which a taste was easily
acquired. Crossing small rivers, from time to time bright red
earth plunging down the hill-side into deep, green water,
it’s a feast for the eyes.
Mae Hong Son is a good hub to explore the area
around with interesting hill tribe villages from
Shan, Lahu, Lisu, Karen, Akha people and other.
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Mae Hong Son
has some good hotels and infrastructure, further north is
the golden triangle.
Border trade with Myanmar is the main income source
together with the tourist business.
The usual tourist related activities are some
rafting, visiting hill tribe villages and exploring
the fabulous hill jungle area around.
 
Mae Sot to Mae
Hong Son Monastery Pond Mae Hong Son Working in the Paddy Field
 
Mae Sot to Mae Hong Son advanced Houses Mae Hong Son Farmer
Mae Hong Son Black Lahu Hilltribe
Steep Valley near Mae Hong Son
Great
outdoors are around Soppong on the
road from Mae Hong Son to Pai and Chiang Mai, its real great
see
Soppong.
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Near
Mae Hong Son is a Kayan or Padaung village,
with the famous “Long Neck Women”. The Kayan Padaung or
came to Thailand during the refuge flood
some years ago from the western parts of Kayah State
in Myanmar, south of
Inle Lake.
Mae Hong
Son Padaung or Palaung from Myanmar Burma
Most Kayan or Padaung women wear brass rings
around their necks, arms and legs. The legend
is, Kayan Padaung wear this brass rings to remind them of
their ancestry to the nagas (mythical dragon /
snake).
They fled Myanmar a few years ago because of
the continuous fighting between Myanmar government
troops and rebel groups at that time, actually the
fighting has calmed down.
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