What to bring trekking
1.Small Rucksack
2.Long Trousers
3.Kneelength Shorts
4.Pullover
5.Tennis Shoe/Hiking boots
6.Toileties
7.Short-Sleeved
8.T Shirts
9.Suncream
10.Under Wear
11.Insect Repellant
12.Swim Suit
13.Camera/Film
14.Towel/SarongTorch
15.Soap/Shampoo/Toothbrush&paste
16.Personal medicine
17.Reasonable fitness
Very Important
Please dress politely at all times.
You are guests in the village.
When washing wear a sarong to refrin you modesty and gain.
The respect of the hilltribes be sensitive taking photographs.
Do and Don’t
When in the hilltribe villages
1. Do not enter or knock at any hilltribe people?s door which has a fresh branch of tree hanging in front of house. This is a sign that the house is in middle of having a singnificant caremony such as giving birth to a new born baby or offering food to their guardian spirits.
2. Do not touch the sacred thing of the village or the holy thing in the hilltribe people?s house.
The example are the Village gate , the gaint swing for some ceremony and male-or-female Akha?sdolls.
Do not touch the spirit house of the village. Aslo, it is prohibited to touch their spirit shelf in the village.
3. Do not show affection between male and female in public. Most important, do not commit any sexual herassment with the village girl.
4. Do not naked while having a bathe or swimming in public. You should wear properly even when sleeping time.
5. Ask for permission before taking any photo of people, worship places or ceremonies.
6. If tourists violates the tribe?s rule, it is customarily for the tourist to pay a fine for thier doing thing wrong with the tribe?s spirit.
7. One important thing you should avoid is using narcotic in the hilltribe village. It is not only harmful but also unlawful.
8. If you would like to donate something, avoid an individual help to hilltribe people. The help should be for thier whole community such as donating medicine or money for the village fund and some educational things to school.
