Hill Tribes

[jaloochapurr]

Billy's Hideaway.

Located in the mountains, high above the heat of Chiang Mai, this Black Lahu village is truly one of a kind.

Genuine farmers and truly friendly people, the village consists mainly of bamboo houses as accommodation, and real-life eating over an inside fire.

For a person desiring a real experience in Thailand, this is a must.

No pamphlets or brochures or travel agents - just an experience, and the way to find it.

The Way to find it

Leave Chiang Mai on a rented motorbike ( $3 per day), and head away from the city of Chiang Mai, and travel towards Chiang Rai, on highway 118.

Go 65 km on a beautifully new paved road, through the mountains and valleys. Look for kilometre marker 65. Then in 100 yards look on the right for a bridge crossing a stream, and a sign indicating Trekker House.Before the hot springs, trekker sign is down

Follow the dirt road, 11 kms passing the tourist accommodation of Trekker House,go left and then left again and continue to the Lahu village of DOY MOUK. Ask any Lahu for NASIR sister of Billy and enjoy as you wish. You want Doy Mouk not Hoy Nam Rin which is the big tourist village.

True adventure with people who are not paid everyday to take people on journeys.

All the relaxing or all the exploring - have it your own way.

See you soon

Billy

P.S. Bring cheese and bread and your own wine.

Lahu New Year will be starting 2/11/2010

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Had to laugh at calling Huay Nam Rin 'a big tourist village'.

[cliokchi]

hi all,

if you want to see hilltribe life and villages

just drive from cm to prao over the 1001 on mondays

they have the big morning market till noon

hiltribes come there every week to sell their wares

and buy things that they don't have on the mountains

like seafood

from prao you can drive to chiang dao , then you'll be driving

past and thru severall hilltribe villages.

you can also drive in the direction of vieng papao beautifull scenic drive

many hilltribe villages upthere all sign posts are written in chinese english

and thai very few tourists in prao there are 3 good basic resorts :

hotel 69

bungalow doi farang resort

aom doi resort

if you stay in one of these resorts they can help you arrange a visit

because they have many hill tribe staff

have a good trip

cliokchi

[jaloochapurr]

Had to laugh at calling Huay Nam Rin 'a big tourist village'.

Well if you have been there you would know, this time of year full of people doing thai massage classes and so use to the wite face and the dollar it is crazy, still very much a hilltribe village though

[anonymouse]

hi all,

if hiltribes come there every week to sell their wares

and buy things that they don't have on the mountains

like seafood

cliokchi

top tip of the day

mmm.... for potential hill tribe visitors your probably best to avoid the sea food if you visit any hill tribe villages.

[Johpa]

mmm.... for potential hill tribe visitors your probably best to avoid the sea food if you visit any hill tribe villages.

Best to avoid seafood, other than shrimp, anywhere up north.