{"id":1011,"date":"2016-11-19T11:29:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T11:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2016-12-08T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T13:53:43","slug":"and-we-think-moving-house-is-a-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/and-we-think-moving-house-is-a-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"And we think moving house is a challenge.."},"content":{"rendered":"

In the mountains above Mai Chau live the Hmong (pronounced hu-mum) people.<\/p>\n

They are farmers mainly but as a side line business many families make paper .. a sort of papyrus for use by the people who print their own money… dollars, dong, etc.<\/p>\n

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\nThey do this so that they can burn it as offerings to Buddha.<\/p>\n

The paper is from a soft wood tree which is turned into a pulp and then ladeled over a stretched fabric mesh.<\/p>\n

Then it’s left to dry.. which can take a day or so.<\/p>\n

They sell these large sheets for around 30,000 dong .. about \u00a31.<\/p>\n

As we wondered around the village high in the mountains we came across a commotion of women and a few men.<\/p>\n

Our guide explained that the government gives them money to widen the road.. the width of a single car.. so what do they do? Literally move the house!<\/p>\n

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\nThe women were leveraging the property with long thick pieces of wood whilst the men shouted and gave orders.<\/p>\n

As we watched the house slowly moved to one side.<\/p>\n

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