yet another Akha village:
e imperata grass thatched roofing is perfect for keeping e sun out & e interiors cool even in e blazing midday heat, no need for air-con =)
on either side of a small bridge:
everything is dated according to 'nth year of e Republic of China'. e road we have been walking along is called Yong3 Le4 Road
spirit gate of e Akha village:
salaa with a wonderful view of e valley below right outside e village:
e kinda place where you can sit down with a good book for a long long time =)
unidentified plant:
descending into tea plantation near Ban Klang:
& a final climb up to Ban Klang proper along e Ban Pasang-Mae Salong highway. sat down for ice cream & a chat with Mrs Li, who runs one of e roadside provision stores, & her husband, who has been to Taiwan for higher education. decided to continue with an approx 4km roundtrip to Ban Heka since we'd walked all e way here, & have never visited a Lisu village before....
between schools & villages there will be e trail of non-biodegradable litter left behind by kids:
photo by YK
in e days before plastic wrappers & tetrapaks & tin cans, littering wasn't so much of a problem. everything was wrapped up in huge teak leaves or fragrant banana fronds that you could throw just about anywhere, & e village cows, pigs, goats, chickens, dogs, rats & ants would take care of it.
left fork goes downhill to Ban Heka:
Ban Heka:
photo by YK
only evidence of this being a Lisu village:
photos by YK
a lady in a traditional light green Lisu top with e characteristic multiple super-thin-coloured-stripes sleeves.
Ban Heka was full of meows:
back at Ban Klang we had no luck hitching a ride from passing trucks & vans. Mrs Li came to our rescue, hailing 2 passing motorcyclists on their way to Mae Salong & asking them to give us a ride back....YK rode pillion with a young lady who has a Singaporean boyfriend, while e cat got a lift from some guy who was nice enough to drop it off right at e doorstep of Shin Sane =)
YK's choice of strange-looking 'noodles' for dinner at Salema again:
photo by YK
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