I participated in trekking accompanied by a guide to walk with medicine distributed to rural areas in Myanmar

Myanmar, which is said to be "the last secret of Asia", suddenly changed domestic circumstances after politicians leading the 2011 presidential shift and military dictatorship retired. Although Aung San Suu Kyi's home detention release was taken up largely in Japan, it has been said that democratization policy has also increased since then. Many travelers have visited Myanmar because it has become easier to travel little by little from that time.

Hello!World newspaperIt is Akasaka Nobu, a special reporter. I traveled around the world I stayed in Myanmar till the other day and went trekking while visiting a small village for 2 nights 3 days.

The town called "Caro" that participated in trekking is around here.


◆ Myanmar's Nature and People
In 2 days and 3 daysInle LakeI will aim at the city called nyaungshwe nearby.


Myanmar is currently in the rainy season. When I start walking a bit, I come across a badly muddy road. I slipped many times and it seemed to fall.


When I was walking I came across a man who was drunk from daytime in front of a small shop.


It's funny and funny to ask me for a handshake, calling me a little.


There are still plenty of nature in Myanmar. There were many tea fields in this mountain.


People in the village are said to pick up tea a number of times back and forth between the house and the field on the day.


Most families in these small villages earn their living by agriculture. I often encounter scenes where tea is hung at the eaves.


Most of the teas are picked up by women. In the story of the guide, it seems that many men in this village drink whiskey, buy lottery, etc., and they will splurge. For fun, a lottery for a little dream. But, because I do not have enough knowledge of lottery tickets to buy lottery tickets until I can not make a living.

In the village where I came for lunch,ChapatiI got something like Nan called. It was fluffy and very delicious. We prepare a coke for the tourist.


This chapati is of course handmade. It kneaded from the flour like this and baked and offered it. There is no electric light in the house, so it is dim.


The house here is quite high in this neighborhood and it seems that it is about 1,200 m. The view of the mountains looked beautiful.


◆ Delay in education in small villages
After a short walk I arrived at another small village.


The village here seems to have got a school two years ago. For that reason, older people seem to have very few people who can speak Burmese which is the official language of Myanmar.

Just a few years ago, 18 families were living together in such houses.


It is difficult to establish privacy.


In the story of the guide, there seemed to be sexual intercourse within the family until several years ago, even without knowledge of "incest is not good". Now it seems that the idea is gradually changing, "I do not get married in the same village".

◆ In Japan it's a scene that has decreased
We will also proceed to the next village. On the waystand by meIt goes like a road like.


At the side of the road I will come across some people who cultivate rice plants, fields and rice fields.


A scene that a cow cultivates a field ...... In Japan, it has almost disappeared. I was very surprised to tell the guide "In Japan, most of the machines are now machines".


I am arriving at the house which will be the accommodation of the day. This is the living room and bedroom.


And this is a washroom. There were various anxieties indeed, I could not take a shower, I brushed my toothpaste with PET bottle water.


Because there is no electricity, dinner is like this.


Even on the first day, I was walking for almost 8 hours, so I slept without any problems.

Myanmar people love rockets
The next day also departs around 8 o'clock in the morning. Early departure, I will come across the buffalo bathing. I feel too much.


I will come across the children in the village. Apparently he is going to hand-made rocket fireworks.


Even rockets of this size seem to fly about 7 km. I think that it is very dangerous as a playful tool for children's children.


It seems there is a festival of rocket fireworks seriously made by the people once every two years in this district. It was a rocket made for every village, and we competed for 3 days to see which rocket flew far, and we came across the festival on the last day by chance. It is surprisingly powerful, if it is an adult's thing, it seems to fly nearly 20 km.


◆ Economic situation of ethnic minorities
In the village he visited next, a woman traditionally lived a turban wrapped around his head. People of ethnic minority who are called "Danu".


Production period in this head turban is about 4 days. The selling price is 1000 chat in Myanmar's currency, about 100 yen in Japanese yen. In Myanmar, even one of the cheapest noodles and curries in street food will make about one thousand chat, so I feel the pain of the lives of ethnic minority people.


It seems that it takes six days to make a bag with the bag of the back man. The selling price is 2000 chat, and Japanese yen is about 200 yen.


Still, when asking if you can take a picture, she will arrange the turban while making it embarrassing.


And trekking on the second day is over. I arrived at my house today. This is the living room.


Myanmarashii calendar is decorated.


This is the kitchen. The guide and mother cooperate to make dinner of the day. In rural areas of Myanmar, there are such dirt in most houses. There are also many houses without electricity.


This is a shower. By the way it is a bucket shower, not a shower from the water supply. Still the shower for the first time in 2 days was exhilarating.


Children who were playing in front of the house. I am interested in tourists, but it is quite easy to come by the shy feeling.


◆ Myanmar's Nature · To protect people
And, as I mentioned earlier, Myanmar where truly peaceful and beautiful nature remained.


However, even in such rural areas, I encountered surprisingly many plastic waste.


Again, this is because there is no knowledge that "plastic does not return to nature". Johnny of the guide was talking over and over again. "The government has finally started to move on a variety of things, but it's still late. Education, medical care and the environment all go very late."


Johnny was distributing herbal medicine to people in small villages during trekking. Until a couple of years ago, during the trekking guide a cheap and easy-to-carry candy was distributed to people in poor rural areas. However, from the unfairness and the danger of caries, it is said that no candy is distributed now.

The trekking fee of this time will be divided by the number of participants, so the more people, the lower the price per tourist will be. Still, it is about 5000 yen for one person, including meals, rooms and guide fee for 3 days. It is exceptionally cheap. The money in it is also turned to money for Johnny to buy herbal medicine.

When trekking is over, I arrive at Inle Lake. About an hour and a half, it was shaken by the ship and arrived at the town of Nhaowshewn.


With trekking this time, I was keenly aware of my small presence that I can not do anything what I can do.

Still, can not I do as much as studying ethnic minority words and Burmese even a little bit and telling the meaning of "plastic garbage"? Even in the years ahead, by coming to trekking, chances for the guide to distribute medicine will increase.


It is three days and two nights that makes me realize that starting from such a small place will greatly change Myanmar in the future.

If you ask about "trekking" at "Golden Kalow Hotel", you can introduce Johnny. If you go to Myanmar, how about trying this trekking?


Golden Kalow Hotel: No. 5/92, Nat Sin Road, Quarter (5) Kalaw, Southern Shate, myanmar

Sentences · coverage: Akasaka Nobunaga

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