Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> > Friends >> > >> > I have just returned from a photo shoot up in the hills of north Thailand. >> > The Karen people, whom I photographed, are the largest tribal group of >> hill >> > people living in Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Thailand. The various hill >> > tribes are effectively spread out over a large area in these countries and >> > they live side by side with one another. One would not be surprised to >> find >> > a Hmong village just a walking distance from a Karen village. They speak >> > different languages and have different costumes. Otherwise they can look >> > similar. >> > >Were you in the area where the Hospital hostage situation occured, I heard the >Thai military sumarily executed the insergents without trials. >Bosjohn > No. The village that I visited is a couple of hours drive by 4WD from even their nearest district hospital. The people live peacefully in the area. They are rice farmers but also grow cash crops like bananas, strawberries, etc. Dan K.