Tag: Minority Village

  • On the nature trail in Kuching (Borneo)

    On the nature trail in Kuching (Borneo)

    From the Cameron Highlands I headed down to Kuala Lumpur to catch a flight the next day to the Malaysian city of Kuching in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. I bough my ticket here on a bit of a whim after checking the AirAsia website – the flight was about £20 return! In KL…

  • Trekking in Hsipaw

    Trekking in Hsipaw

    From Mandalay we took the tourist bus to Hsipaw, a village in the north with great access to the minority mountain people of Myanmar such as Shan, Karen and Palaung people. We arrived late in the evening and booked a trekking tour through the hostel to a Palaung village. The trek started at 6am the…