After Huay Hee, we spent five days in Huay Tong Kaw. It was definitely my favorite village. The people were so lively and joked all of the time. You could also tell that they were very proud to be Karen and to live out their traditional lifestyle.
My host family was fabulous. My two host brother spoke pretty good Thai and the eldest, Siri, took really good care of us. We spent one day in the rai harvesting rice. It was a perfect day. The view of incredible and it was fun harvesting rice with several Karen families and Pi's (Pi Carrie and Pi Sawong). I could see the charred stumps of the trees that the Karen had cut down and burned. My host mother explained that they left the trunks in to help the trees grow back more quickly. I could already see new branches sprouting. I worked in a pair with my host mother. For the most part we worked in silence because neither of us could speak really good Thai. She would cut and I would bundle. We harvested rice all day. I felt very tired and satisfied at the end of a long day.
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