The first stop on the boat tour was this home in the central part of the village to let them know we had arrived. A traditional home is made of wood or bamboo and built on stilts above the ground. The family lives on the first floor and keep animals, craft equipment like looms, and food processing machines such as mortar and pestles beneath them on the dirt floor of the home. Each place also has a veranda with a few hammocks shaded by a steep thatched roof.
