More Akha Trip Photos

Here are some more photos for your viewing pleasure.

 The fearless crew (Boutan, Kerstin, Bob, Tom, Ling, Yoxa and Me.

 Yes thats right that is a picture of a puppy riding on a pig in the Akha village.

 This is the picture of the only water source/shower in the Akha Village.

 In a city on our way which has a lot of Chinese and more foreign tourists this sign was posted.  It says "When in Laos make your payment kip"  In the background students doing some practice dances with communist flags.

At our lunch spot Tom is sitting under what we hope was a dead beehive.

 Another View of the Akha village huts.

 Yoxa, Kerstin, and Tom sitting around discussing the future projects.

Bountan entering an Akha home.  Each house is surrounded by a fence with a block or stone on either side.  As you enter you are not allowed to step on the actual fence because the bad spirits will travel with you.  There is some thing very similar in other cultures around the world.