New Walking Street Opening | Kampangdin Rd. Chiang Mai

Kampangdin Road is in the heart of Chiang Mai
Running next to the canal not far from the night bazaar.

The new walking street is right at the far end of kampangdin Road away from Taipei Rd. in
one of the poorest area's of the City. Many Akha live along the banks of the Canal.

New Walking Street Opening, Kampangdin Rd. Chiang Mai

Sie's Stall

New Akha Hats from Akha Hill Tribe Products
Designed and made by Sie.


Sie

Sie's stall at the new Kampangdin Friday Night Walking Street.

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Akha Swing | Thanksgiving Day 07

Last year was ideal for the swing.

How they got me on the swing I will never know!

A typical overcrowded utility truck, on the way back into the City.

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Chiang Mai City Akha Harvest festival

The young ladies of Kampangdin sing an Akha song
(and not so young, my wife is at the back somewere out of sight)

Thanks to the rain the traditional Akha swing did not get a lot of use this year

Akha Thanksgiving Day 2008

Thanksgiving day 2008 Sansai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Held for the City Akha at the local Akha Presbyterian Church Sansai, Chiang Mai.

Akha woman in traditional costume.

Abor
Abor is endearing name for an older man.

The Akha Harvest festival

The City Akha Give thanks for another bountiful Harvest.

Traditionally the Akha hold the Harvest Festival after the harvest of the rice crop.

The City Akha buy the rice from the local market but still hold "Thanksgiving Day"

to celebrate a bountiful year.

Char Puoo

Please don't quote me on the Akha words, I have written as they sound to me.
My Akha wife , who is 48 this year can not read or write Akha, Thai or English.
Some times we even talk at cross purposes. i.e. She hasn't a clue what I am talking about and visa versa. But we get by remarkably well. Her English is O.K. My Thai is limited and my Akha even more so.

Grant

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7 Chiang Mai Akha Couples marry

This Saturday saw a large congregation of the City Akha at one of the local Christian Churches for seven marriage ceremonies.

The Wedding Party was held on the Church grounds.
The local Catholic Church in Chiang Mai run schools from primary right up to University and probably pre school as well so there were all the amenities for a 7 wedding party.

A bit light on the nosh I thought (and so did most of the people having lunch)
Have to try a different catering company next time.

14 poor families paid good money for that Wedding & Wedding party.

I will try to find out who they were so you don't use them the next time you throw a party in

Chiang Mai.

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Croston House | Providing the Opportunity of a Brighter Future

Please support Glenn on his 1500 kls walk in Thailand to raze funding for
Croston house Children's Home
Click to Banner ubove to have a look.

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Supports Glenn in his work with the underprivileged and abandoned Children
in the Far North of Thailand.

I (XanDreams.com) have just built him 2 web sites to help.

Croston House Children's Home
&
Glenn Croston

please feel free to use this Splash page or something like it in your Ad campaigns to help them.

The Chiang Mai Akha Church comes to Town

The 1st Chiang Mai Akha Church
Sansai, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The 1st Chiang Mai Akha Church
Kampangdin.

The Church has taken an extended lease out on this old teak Kampangdin House.

The big clean up.
Many City Akha live in the Kampangdin area of Chiang Mai, along the banks of the canal and near by.

This old Teak house is ideally situated.

Pastor Arnar is staying here and overseeing the day to day running of the Church, Children's schooling and some older students from the villages that will stay here.

The 1st Tuesday Prayer meeting.
The Chiang Mai Akha Church has been holding meetings every Tuesday morning at 11am
in peoples homes along by the canal in Kampangdin for the last 2 or 3 years.
Many of the poor can not get out to the main Church in Sansai about 2 1/2 to 3 miles out of the center of Chiang Mai.

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Suppot Glenn on his 1500 kls Walkabout
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