Doy tung trip
Yesterday, i came back from Doy Tung
This area once formed part of the infamous Golden Triangle; the biggest supplier of the world’s opium.
We hear about those addicted on the streets in our own home towns. We don’t often hear of those at the core of its growth and how their lives have been destroyed in order to create incomes for their families.
It wasn’t just the opium trade that was a problem in Doi Tung. The residents were of six ethnic groups without Thai citizenship. They lived in a “survival world” where people lived in abject poverty, without basic infrastructure or government support.
Armed groups occupied parts of the area, which made it even more difficult for government officials to provide any assistance to the local residents.
Neay,Ben
