The Microwave Hmong Village ‘Wonder where the name came from?’
There are still many many good tourist attractions in Mae Hong Son that you may haven’t heard about them, including this strange-name place, ‘The Microwave Hmong Village.’
At the first sight, you may feel like ‘What on earth is this? What is this name?’ or ‘Does this village produce microwave ovens for sale?’. The first two sentences probably make sense, because everyone must wonder why a living community has a name of an electronic equipment. But for the last sentence, the answer is ‘NO!’. Although its name states the word ‘microwave’, but it doesn’t mean that the village runs a business of microwave oven manufacturing or something like that. None of that concern the truth. And if you want to know the truth, let’s see the story of the village below to find out what has become of it in the past.
Long time ago, in the year 1978 Mr.Mang Panomprai, the first leader of the village, and his siblings evacuated from Paii County. They all set up for new lives at Ban Maew Doi A S. They had lived there for about a year before they moved to The Microwave Hmong Village instead.
The Microwave Hmong Village has nothing to do with the microwave oven that we use to heat our food up. No. The true reason is, the authorities have used the village to set up some phone signal poles. Those poles release microwave, which here means ‘an electro-magnet wave of a high frequency’. That makes perfect sense now.
It was first started by phone signal poles, but now there are television signal poles of many channels too.
Nowaday, this village is peaceful tourist attraction and surrounded with a series of mountains. The northern side connects to Pha Bong District. The southern side connects to Ban Mhai Chang Nham. The eastern side connects to Huai Pou Ling District. And the western side connects to Ban Huai Pong Kan.
There are houses, inhabited by the about 599 Hmong people, scattered around. You can just walk around to take a sightseeing, or befriend the villagers. These people live their lives in simple ways. They quite attach themselves to their tradition. Most of them work as farmers. They grow many types of plants, for examples, cabbage, carrot, tomato. You can observe all these with your own eyes. Sometimes they can even make their own herbal medicines, stitch their own traditional fabrics, and forge knives for their everyday usage.
By going to the village, you can have a sightseeing around, take some nice photos, and observe lifestyles of the villagers. These are great opportunities of learning for you.
If you want your trip to be best, you should travel their during winter, as winter will probably better for you than summer. And the most important part is, there will be fog around the village during winter. That creates a very stunning and beautiful sight.
Mhong Microwave village is accesible everyday during 6:00-18:00. Feel free to go. Don’t hesitate to call 053-612982-3, 053-611808 if you have any questions.
How to get there
The Microwave Hmong Village is located at Ban Yod Doi, the Highway No.108, Muang County, Mae Hong Son Province.
Start your trip from the downtown of Mae Hong Son. Keep going along the Highway ‘Mae Hong Son-Khun Yuam’. Try to head for Pa Lan Village. That will take about 32 kilometres. Then, finally, you turn left for the last 8 kilometres to reach the village.
Nearby Places
Only about 21.62 kilometres away from the village, this hot spring will be like a kind of heaven. It is a small hot spring. You should enjoy being in the middle of quiet scene. You can wander around, have a sightseeing, take a bath in hot water. It will be fun.
Ban Huai Sua Tao was formed in 1995 precisely for giving visitors easier access to the Kayan people. The village is easy to reach due to the impeccable road but some concrete weir stream crossings are very slippery. The bulletin board of the Long Neck village Baan Huay Sua Tao around the entrance shows their history, religion of the Kayan people (Long Neck Tribe) as follows.
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