Before leaving Thailand, we drove to the outskirts of Chiang Rai where the King has established a village for the tribes of peoples who lived in the mountains. There are four tribes co-existing here using their talents in weaving, cross stitch, painting and agricultural to sell their crafts and foods and makine a living for themselves. They used to work for the heroine industry but the king is trying to shut it down.
The Long-neck tribe, called Kayan, produced beautiful weaving. They wrap their women's necks in copper tubing to give the illusion of long necks but in reality they are pushing their shoulders down. The Big Ear tribe are called Kayaw. They put large rings in the women's ear lobes. The Yao tribe are excellent cross stitchers. They also believe in free sex. And the Dirty tribe was not in evidence.
The rest of of the day was spent flying to Hanoi via Bangkok, arriving around 9 pm. The traffic here is horrendous!! There are almost as many registered scooter drivers as the population of Hanoi! That is a bit of an exaggeration but it looked like it.
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