"Baan Huay Kaew Lip - A Karen Village" Northern Thailand Travelogue by icyjo24

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One Night in a Karen Village

After leaving my youth expedition groupmates from the R&R, I went with a few friends to visit a Karen village, which is about 2 hours drive up narrow and dusty mountain roads from Chiangmai, with a Singaporean photojournalist who lives in Thailand. Although it was just a short stay, the visit was definitely enriching and well worth the journey.

Xmas Eve Celebration

Karen Kids Carolling

We reach the village in the late afternoon on Xmas Eve. There was a mini celebration in the church that night. We were singing Xmas carols such as 'Silent Night' in English while the Karen were singing it in their own language. We also held a Xmas gift distribution for the households inside the church. It was an enjoyable night!

Church

Church in the Village

This is the church where we had the celebration the night before.

Where we stayed for the night...

House that we stayed in

The house may seem small but in fact its quite spacious inside.. can hold a lot of people

Passion Fruits and Lilies

Juicy Passion Fruits.. Yum Yum

The Karen grew mainly passion fruits, lilies and other crops for commercial purposes...

Folks Idling Around

Folks in their Costumes

They lead a simple, happy and seeming trouble-free life.......

Kids at the Nursery

Kids at a Nursery

We saw this nursery playhouse while we were walking around the village in the morning. They were wearing the caps from the gift packs that we distributed the night before.

My Favourite Kid!

My Favourite Kid in his Traditional Costume!

I had a real hard time coaxing this cute little baby as I wanted to carry him so much since the celebration the night before.. hehe in the end I manage to coax him not long before I was about to leave the village.

Page Updated Nov 17, 2004
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conniechong Aug 25, 2005 at 4:26 AM Report Abuse

Their world is so beautiful because of you great people, keep the good work up!
archan4698 Jun 27, 2005 at 7:13 PM Report Abuse

great pictures and info:) Seems u had a nice time with the village people in north thailand, next time maybe see a shan village:) (one of my good friends is shan) hehe
airasia Jan 6, 2005 at 6:03 AM Report Abuse

Hi dudette
karenincalifornia Dec 21, 2004 at 9:14 AM Report Abuse

What a wonderful experience you had in the villages in Northern Thailand. Very interesting travelogue! Thanks for stopping by my pages!
bkoon Dec 13, 2004 at 7:24 AM Report Abuse

You surely enjoyed the YEP projects. Great pictures.
bpacker Nov 21, 2004 at 5:42 PM Report Abuse

What a joy it must have been to contribute to this project. Lovely photos captured your memories there.
globerover Oct 28, 2004 at 7:46 PM Report Abuse

you definitively experienced khwaamsuk at the Lahu-village, a wonderful travelogue !!
victorwkf Oct 28, 2004 at 8:43 AM Report Abuse

Very nice information & photos of northern thailand ! Looking forward to more from you :)