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-Adventure travel tours Burma Himalaya
The Burma Himalayas are perfect
for adventure tours/ trekking. It is a particular part of the famous
mountains
ever because no foreigners until now have been there, with the exception
of some British adventurers during
colonial times.
Burma Himalayas
are for the people who have
been everywhere, seen
everything but want to have a controlled risk about new frontiers, not
ending up with some mad people like in the many other
countries when leaving the beaten tracks.
Mt. Hkakabo Razi (picture above), Burma’s
and South East Asia’s highest peak at 5,900
meters,
is located in the northern most
reaches of Kachin State.
The mountain was
conquered for the first time in 1997 by a
team of Japanese and Burma climbers. The
closest town is Putao, a small, quiet place,
surrounded by snow-capped mountains
stretching from Tibet in the north-west.
Snow caped Himalayan mountain ranges
with plenty of snow all year long, glaciers
and pristine environment, no cable cars, no
roads, nothing gives disturbance to
mother nature. There are talks with some
Thai investors to open a ski resort for
winter fun all year round, but nothing
happen yet, its probable better when it
stays like this.
Steep fields in the valleys around are
cultivated.
There are gardens of hill rice,
maize and millet within patches of colocasia,
mixed with cereal crops, cucumbers, gourds
and huge marrows.
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Only slopes facing south to west can be
cultivated and the yield is rather poor.
Fences have been erected to keep deer, pigs,
monkeys and others animals out of the
fields.
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The higher region is populated with pine,
hemlock and silver fir mixed with some
larch. From 2,700 metres to 3,700 metres
almost pure conifer forests cover the
slopes.
There is a abundance of hardwoods:
oak, maple, birch, walnut, chestnut as well
as rhododendron and others, but only at
regions not accessible by roads, if a region
is accessible all trees are immediately cut
be Chinese and local poachers.
The people in the valleys catch fish in
thorn-lined conical fish traps, with nets or
harpoon. They also eat barking deer, gooral,
serow, pheasants and monkeys.
When these food sources are scarce, the
valley
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population will eat anything from snails
and frogs, to lizards, snakes and wasp
grubs.
Cold weather mist hangs over the
peaceful and serene surroundings almost
6 months of the year.
Flowing streams and rivulets,
straw-roofed houses and fences of
pebbles and creek stones provide a
pleasant, pastoral contrast to the
scenes and sights of Rangoon.
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Peoples of the Rawan,
Lisu, Khamti-Shan,
Jingphaw and Kachin are represented in the
region.
Simple, direct, hard working and hospitable,
they make a living in the lower areas by
growing paddy, fruits, roots and medical
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Grape fruit, American lime, Washington navel
fruit,
varieties of peaches and oranges grow.
Ginseng and musk are plentiful. Many species
of orchid and other exotic flora and fauna
such as musk deer, takin and flying squirrel
are native to this region.
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