Tha Ton
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Tha Ton, also spelled Thaton, is a sub-district of Mae Ai District in the far north of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2014 it had a population of 19,902. The sub-district is on the Kok River near t
View from Wat Tha Ton over the village of Tha Ton and the Kok River
Tha Ton
Tha Ton countryside
Wat Tha Ton
Akha people
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The Akha are an ethnic group who live in small villages at higher elevations in the mountains of Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan Province in China. They made their way from China into Sou
Man (left) and woman (right) of the Akha people. The man is carrying the stem of a banana plant, which will be fed to their pigs.
An Akha girl in Laos
Akha women, c. 1900
The modern and tourism-based Akha village of Pha Hi (ผาฮี้) in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, Thailand: many cafés, restaurants, coffee bean factories, and homestays can be seen alongsides villagers' houses