Mae Hong Son zoo

... their village and farms and continue their lives. Other groups have followed and now there are about 5 Padong villages in Thailand. They weren't ignored as they are a fascinating group who is otherwise very difficult to visit. The tourist industry ...

... . By far the most well off village of all, with huge school and rustic but nice houses, and big tea plantations surrounding it this was definitely a success story of people from outside of Thailand settling in. That's it from Mae Hong Son. Tony... ...

Long Cou - Mae Hong Son - Long Neck Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous avons louer des bicyclettes aujourd'hui. Nous sommes aller voir les femmes au long cou (pagaung). Nous avons fait 24 km aller retour. Il y avait quelques monter ...

We visisted Mae Hong Son zoo today. It's not your regular kind of zoo - there's no gate, no entrance fee, no visible security or zookeepers in sight. And we appeared to be the only visitors too! It's not a big place - just a few gibbons, macaques, ...

... choice in the end. Eager to get some exercise, we embark at 11-something on a two-hour hike up into the national park (Mae Surin) that borders the back of the resort. We don't see much in the way of interesting wildlife, but I love tramping through ...

... boring here, but I really enjoyed how peaceful this small town is.  I also visited a Karen Longneck village which Chiang Mai is actually known for.  Just as people had told me, it was pretty bad.  The epitome of the "human zoo."  ...

... bath downstairs. The Hostess was kind and beautiful. Full of life and so playful and sweet with her equally joyous daughter. I was in Mae Hong Son. Woke up and went to the expansive Day Market North or my guesthouse. Managed to only almost get hit by the ...

... a wedding was being celebrated complete with full marching band. We decided to grab lunch at a small Thai restaurant and push for Mae Hong Son as we were here so early. We were now far away from tourist Thailand and so our Thai language skills were put ...

... have helped us to discover this place and it's people: Hannah, is head of the UN field office here and has been stationed in Mae Hong Son for two years. She has a PhD in Poly Science and has worked all over the world for the UN. We picked her brain ...

... , the place was so quiet, and so cool!! In winter, the temperatures could drop to single figures, which is a big thing for Thailand!!We then made our way to have a look around at a Hmong. village. Erica made friends straight away with a ...