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For many years, I have been reporting on the plight of Thailand’s minorities - the so-called ‘hill tribes’ in the north of the country, and the sea nomads, also known as sea gypsies in the south.
Unfortunately, much of what I have written about the problems these stateless people are facing, has been published in German. [...]
At the Three Pagodas Pass, in the wild and beautiful far west of Thailand, the orchid and furniture trade is booming, shoot-outs between Burmese rebels and Thai soldiers are rare and the area remains one of those beauty spots that have not yet succumbed to mass tourism.
Read Tom Vater’s feature story on Thailand’s Three Pagodas [...]
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Kulturschock Bergvölker und Seenomaden (Cultureshock Thailand’s Hill Tribes and Sea Nomads) was published in Oktober 2006 with Reise Know How Verlag in Germany. The book is an introduction to several minorities living in Thailand, including the Akha, Lisu, Karen, Lahu, Hmong and Mien in Nort Thailand and the Moken sea-nomads on the Andaman Coast. History and tradition [...]
The photobook of Thailand’s Hill Tribes and Sea Nomads by photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat is a companion guide to Tom Vater’s Kulturschock title of the same name, published in Germany in 2006 with Reise-Know How Verlag.