This is the typical Karen house. Because of the money brought in by tourism the houses are being upgraded. Walls made of flattened bamboos is being replaced with boards and thatched roofs are giving way to tin. The government has also provided photovoltaic panels so the villages can run some lights an a community television at night. There is running water; most days. But hot water is not for bathing. When we arrived the water was not working. If you wanted to get clean you took a rinse off using water from the cistern in the outhouse.

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