Hello,I am a Chinese girl who is really into minority people and culture of Yunnan!I have been to many traditional minority villages and had a good contact with the kind people in Honghe/Yuanyang/Jinping/Lvchun/Simao,etc.Now i am planning to go to a remote Lahu village in Simao area,will stay there around a month,you and i will be a teacher for the kids in that village.If you have a video camera,if you like taking adventure,if you can bear with the poor condition of the poor village(i can tell you,it's a beautiful and traditional place),please call me soon!I will leave soon!my phone numble is 13529204231.And i plan to stop car on the entrance of highway without buy tickets,trying to persuade someone to take us!I was wondering it will be a simple documentary of recording how we get there,how the kids study with us,how their real life is,ect!If you are interested in this,we will,I promise you,you will explore more!(Stay in the village for free,but i think we should work out how we gonna eat!)

www.amazon.com/Chopsticks-Only-Work-Pairs/dp/0231119577

This is a book written by my friend du, shanshan
The book is about her time with the Lahu people.

I hope this info is helpful to you. I would be glad to communicate with you.

Tom

Anntao,
I wish you an enjoyable adventure with the Lihu. It definitely stirred my blood when I read your post. Give thought to all the risk and only accept the reasonable risk.
Yes, I am in the USA at this time.
Tom