Sappong, Thailand

Travel Blogs from Sappong (5)

A Shan Guide and a Secret Cave - a real adventure!, Sappong, Thailand travel blog
A Shan Guide and a Secret Cave - a real adventure!
Feb 15, 2008

Today, we decided to do a day trip. Albert, the father of the Lisu home we are staying, suggested for us to go to the swimming hole just north of town. So, we packed a daybag for the swimming hole and started to drive north out of town. We totally ...

A travel blog entry by alohatravels
Saying goodbye to our Lisu Family & Casey & Jelena, Sappong, Thailand travel blog
Saying goodbye to our Lisu Family & Casey & Jelena
Feb 17, 2008

So, that morning we had to say our goodbys to the family: we had to go north because our visa was about to expire. We though we would wake up one last morning to a calm village, but instead, we saw another huge "controlled" burn right outside the house ...

A travel blog entry by alohatravels
Finding the Karen Tribe & learning to cook Lisu, Sappong, Thailand travel blog
Finding the Karen Tribe & learning to cook Lisu
Feb 16, 2008

... program. It was so interesting, learning about the Lisu people: they are from Tibet, who migrated to the hills of northern Thailand, away from Chinese oppression. The village that we were staying in, outside of Sappong, has only been in this area for ...

A travel blog entry by alohatravels
Riding our motorbike N. to live w/ the Lisu Tribe, Sappong, Thailand travel blog
Riding our motorbike N. to live w/ the Lisu Tribe
Feb 14, 2008

... the top 10 best roads in the world for motorbikes. So, we decided to drive a motorbike up to the Lisu Village in Sappong, about an 1.5 north of Pai and only 25 kilomerters from the Burmese Border. We dropped our main bags with Casey and Jelena and ...

A travel blog entry by alohatravels

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