Wilderness in Northern Thailand

WILLIAM.M said:
Thanks for posting those photos

Those Guides carrying the gear had to be VERY strong
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Yes all of them.
They walk without the needs t stop.

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Our group of people sponsored their children to go to school in Town.
We wanted to see that one day when the city expand to their area and these people are not just uneducated and unskilled labour.

We visited them one a year and these people come to surve us without any pay.
They do not have money but none of them are indepted.

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May I show to you guys how they repair shoes with Bamboo Needle:

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Let us go to perhaps the best part of this thread;

"Meed Larb"

Thailand best Bamboo Knife



Meed means knife.
Larb is a knid of food that cooking from meet.

Northern people using this knife for cooking , suriving and during free time repairing the shelter that made of natural wood.
I find this the best knife in Thailand for the Rain Forest.

(there are few styles of native knives)




Making Furniture without Nail and Glue..........


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Thank you very much Dick for sharing all of that with us. I always find it very interesting to see how different cultures use their knives and what kind of knives they use. The shots of the bamboo furniture being made were excellent, how ingenious. Good fortune on your future trips!

Paul
 
August West said:
I see several of the villagers with guns, do they use them for hunting? If so, what do they hunt there? How did they catch those fish, with their hands?

I hope you don't mind the 20 questions, this is very interesting to me to see how rural people from other parts of the world live. Chris
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Thanks for your sharp question.

Actually, you know that man need protien and eat meet.
Thailand government had close down the national forest in order to conserve it.
Therfor cutting wood and hunting is illegal !:o

There places that perhaps not in Thailand but outer boundary like Burmese Forest.
That is the place that perhaps these villagers went for hunting wild pigs.
I have seen these people when they hunted animal .......they eat the whole thing exemp bone.
The skin, the intestin parts all choped together.
The one that shoot will have the share of the heart, the one who own the shot gun will share the sirloin and the rest will be distributed to neighbours.
These people do not sale things from the forest and they do not hunt in the certain area,inthis case they really conservative.

Furthermore, perhaps you would like to see more, actually people there do not eat alot of protien thety are poor cannot affort for bullets.

They keep pigs like other pets they stay in the village.
The family with daughter will need to keep pigs.
Wedding time, pig will be given to the bride family and the bride will have to help the father-in-law working in the farm.
They have a lot of virgin land to do agriculture but the vill;age poppulation number is too small therefor labour is shortage.



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Nightshifter said:
Thank you very much Dick for sharing all of that with us. I always find it very interesting to see how different cultures use their knives and what kind of knives they use. The shots of the bamboo furniture being made were excellent, how ingenious. Good fortune on your future trips!

Paul
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Thanks Pual
 
Dick said:
Temperature less than 10 degrees celciuos .... natives go catching fish for our supper

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I remembered that at this point the temperatures is droppin down about 3-4 degrees celcius.:yawn:
Those mountain guys are so tough. They dived and shooting the fish without shirt, while 10 of us stand watching them with warm coats.:D

This trip made me real impressed. Specially the friendships that shared by everyone.
 
August West said:
I see several of the villagers with guns, do they use them for hunting? If so, what do they hunt there? How did they catch those fish, with their hands?

I hope you don't mind the 20 questions, this is very interesting to me to see how rural people from other parts of the world live. Chris
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Hi again Chris;

They use something like Slig Shot but with the Bamboo Airow.
I regret did not take the photo.
 
Warlock@KRMP said:
I remembered that at this point the temperatures is droppin down about 3-4 degrees celcius.:yawn:
Those mountain guys are so tough. They dived and shooting the fish without shirt, while 10 of us stand watching them with warm coats.:D

This trip made me real impressed. Specially the friendships that shared by everyone.
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Hi welcome to the thread Warlock.

Yah, the temperature reached to 3-4 degree celciuos.
 
Dick said:
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By chance, we met the Budhism Monks who isolated ....

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May I share some more story.
These Monks had been isolating from the town since before last new year.
When we met them, they said they need some sugar and spare Sliper as the old pair were damaged for few days.

They had not eat any food for more than 24 hours as they could not find vilage and people who donate food.
Noemally strick monks eat once a day and the meal must be before 11.00 a.m.

We offered them food but thjey refused to accept because they cannot collecting food after 11.00 a.m.
We offered tham some money for donation they also refused, said Monks do not need money for walking/traveling.

After we separated, we realized that they need to wait another 20 hours before the next meal
 
Outstanding!!!! That sounds like an experience to be remembered, I would very much like to try that food it looks great, fresh caught fish and wild pork, sounds delicious. Chris
 
Great photos, Thank you for such an interesting post!

- the gear carried by the Buddhists looked interesting - was that a large canteen or thermos on the back of one of them?
- it's amazing how fast the bamboo camp table and chairs were built, along with the bamboo drinking glasses and implements! I would love to learn jungle craft from your native guides
- were they hand fishing? In the Philippines, they also use baskets to catch fish by hand - they are open ended on both sides and is used to trap fish. They reach in the basket to pull them out

You probably have a lot of questions from others, so I'll understand if you can't answers these, but thanks for the post, anyhow!

EDITED TO ADD: so they were using a slingshot-arrow configuration to catch fish, maybe also electric shock? looked like a battery and electrodes in one photo.

Your story about the Buddhists self denial is amazing.
 
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Absolutely Awesome!!!
Looks like a fantastic and memorable trip.
Thank You for sharing your experience with us.
 
Absolutely Awesome Pics.. very informative, Can;t thank you enough.
Was wondering It appears most of the guides and locakls are using larger golok, machete, parang style blades,
did they also use smaller knives like folders or small fixed blades for utility cutting and such? Thanks
 
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