Preview of Travelchad's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Chiang Dao, Thailand Entry Title: "The Tribe Has Spoken" Entry: "One of the main things on my list is getting in some good hiking in Northern Thailand. I have read all about treks in the guidebooks and it seems the best way it to book a trek through a tour operator, otherwise you'll get lost in some hill villages where noone speaks English. So I booked a 3-day, 2-night Trek through a company called PandaTours, the same company that booked me that lemon of a trip yesterday. Panda leads this trek themselves, whereas the 1-day trips that I took to the Golden Triangle are actually lead by another company. Turns out this is a good thing, as the trek turns out to be great and takes through the Doi Chiang Dao area, where we see no other tourists the entire time. There are 10 of us in the group- Australians, Spanish,and British- I was the only American, which has been typical of my experience here, not nearly as many Americans as Europeans and Ozzies. On the 1st day, we visit a small tribal village containing what is called the Long-Necked women. They are a group of the Karen tribe and they wear heavy gold rings on their necks, arms, and legs. The effect is that their collarbones get compressed downwards, stretching their necks so that they end up with lock necks. Historically, they have done ...
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