Village Life

We only spent one night in the Lahu village, but we experienced some basic aspects of day-to-day life.

The basic homes are constructed of wood and bamboo. The main living and cooking room is usually contracted most of bamboo. There is no chimney for the cooking fire, and the smoke just escapes through the porous bamboo floor, walls and ceiling.

The kitchen sink, so to speak, was made up of jugs of water and gaps in the wood floor for a drain.

Going to the toilet was always an adventure. This typical "squat" toilet made with porcelain and tile was actually a quite nice example! Do your business and then just flush by ladling some water from the adjacent trough.

We slept on thin mats on the wood floor. We had sleeping bags and a mosquito net. Although the villagers slept under basic blankets with no nets.