This is a lovely clean little village in the North West of Thailand. The lovely woman with the leaves in her hand is the head lady and the woman sitting on the platform is her mother. Here a lot of the coffee for Starbucks is produced and excellent coffee it is and 100% Arabic.
Many ladies in these hilltribe villages smoke pipes and the
y work really hard.There's bettle nuts drying and the white beans are actually coffee.
They also work hard here at weaving and sell their scarves and produce. The name of the village comes from the Hom leaf that the lady is holding in her hand, they use that to dye the natural wool.
Nearby is a village renowned for making silver. This young man is in his workshop where he is sizing rings we bought from him.
There are nice homestays here organised by the capable lady with the leaves in hand. Her name is Malee Wan and even the King of Denmark visited here and was impressed with their products so he set up a contract to buy from them and export to Denmark.
If any of you want to visit it is not far from Mae Sariang where guesthouses include the lovely River Bank Guesthouse, price around 800 baht/room, new and very clean or
Northwest Guesthouse. price around 300-400 baht/room which is not as up market but has a lovely owner who speaks English and serves excellent food.
We intend to go and have a homestay there next time among these friendly giggling people.
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