While in Thailand I got the chance to visit the Long-Neck Karen Hill Tribe people. It was the first time I had ever seen a person with rings around there neck that wasn't in a National Geographic. The rings on the neck reach from the clavicle up to beneath the chin, and these rings are always held very tighly by the bone structure from clavicle to chin. This neck ring adornment is started when the girls are 5 or 6 years old and the neck grows longer as additional rings are added with each passing year. It is from this practice that this tribe has gained the name of "Long Necks". I also had the oppurtunity to hold a set of rings, and they were way heavier than i would have thought. Here is a picture of me holding a handmade guitar with a Karen Woman.
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As you all know, I just spent the last 6 weeks in Thailand. I have a friend that works for an airline, and through her connections and a lot of luck, I managed to get a first class ticket on my flight to Japan. One word for you............... RIDICULOUS!!!! First of all there was only 10 people in our whole cabin, and there are only 4 seats per row across the whole plane. I started off with what felt like a 10 course meal, and ate for at least 2 hours straight. You don't have to watch the same movies that economy has, instead you get to choose whatever movies you want from a bin and watch them on your own personal player. I felt like a kid at Disney world trying to take everything in because I didn't know the next time I would get to be back. But my favorite part of it all was the fact that my seat turned into a bed............ |