I have heard about these hilltribe visits included in some tours but what exactly happens on these visits? Does everybody stand around staring at each other or what. I find it hard to imagine. is it more of a shopping experience or what. Any info please? If its any way useful I was thinking of the meo hilltribe with doi suthep tour. tanx!
2007-06-03 12:16:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
Its like the evening and night stops on the trips...
NOTE
take some cash for the village kids when they do a song routine in english for you...
the idiot organising the trip said we only needed a little cash for trinkets et and when they did this show having put in lots of effort we looked total bastards for not putting puch in to a whip round as not exactly any ATMs around.
Think 20 kids...
Was like a bbq
2007-06-03 12:36:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You go for visiting not to see the show. They will not stand in line for you to see them.
You will see how they live in the village. However, some of hilltribe's already changed due to many tourists visit them. Now they do more commercial to tourist, dress like city people. If you want to see the pure one, you should go further than Doi Suthep. It's very crowded both Thais & foriegners. Quiet villages would be better but the way to get there is more difficult as well, I think. Or Chiangrai would be another choice if you want to visit hilltribe in Thailand.
Have a wonderful trip!
2007-06-03 18:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by wawa108 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it will very much depend on how you get to the village, via tour or on your own, or with a trekking guide - - and where the village is - - I visited a tribe of long neck Karen [ with the rings ] - I had to take a boat down river from Mae Hon Son to get there - they have since been relocated to near CM for easy tourist access... The meo village next to doi suthep is probably the most visited HT in the world - ez access and lots of tourists nearby - it is a little shopping area.. I live in Tak Province and I go up into the mtns to buy my coffee from a HT family - there are a couple of larger markets there and lots of people stop in the mkts... If you head up to Chiang Rai, you will find HT people, esp. Akha more integrated into daily life and activites - - enjoy your travels...
2007-06-03 13:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hill tribes tour shows a different way of living to what most people experience if they live in a modern city. If you are interested to see a different culture then you can enjoy to see their culture which maybe is better for the environment and can last longer than a modern culture that cannot last because it will use all resources. It is not about shopping or giving money to children. It is about seeing something different to what you know about before. I think to know something new is the reason for travel. You should listen to the guide giving information but also ask question when you are in the villages - where do their food and water come from? and things like this. Ask many questions so that you can know their culture which maybe you might think is interesting.
2007-06-03 17:27:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think those interested tourists would be taken to visit where the hilltribe people live and work normally, not an act of the plays. I mean those in charge would see to the matter and are ready to inform you reading any point that interests you. Please visit the official web site below, you can search for more information there.
2007-06-03 16:08:13 · answer #5 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have visited several hill tribes and they are pretty much the same. Most hill tribes are refugees from surrounding countries and they used to (nudge nudge) make a living from growing poppies and the manufacture of subsequent drugs. Their main income now appears to be from tourism and selling handmade goods to tourists. There will be ladies weaving and selling silk and making and selling jewellery etc. Its sad that their culture appears to have disappeared. I think the village near Doi Suthep has a small 'museum' where the poppy farming, drug manufacture and Karen long-neck information is available.
2007-06-04 01:18:57 · answer #6 · answered by Daddybear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think visiting the hill tribes in Vietnam would be similar. I was in Hanoi and took an overnight train to Sapa then a bus to where the hill tribes live. They sell hand made things that are really pretty, and I like to take some things to give to the kids. They are very friendly but don't speak much Vietnamese or English. They care much for the VN, people in general. This was a trip of a lifetime for me.
2007-06-03 12:30:17 · answer #7 · answered by lonetraveler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! You can do so from Chiang Rai!
2007-06-04 05:18:44 · answer #8 · answered by Sniper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋