When you visit Tsurevong, make sure you also travel another 25 odd kilometers to go to the village of
Mimi on the borders of Myanmar.
I was fortunate enough to see the villagers harvest honey from hives of the rock bee. It is harvested twice
a year, in April and in October. There were 85 hives on a sheer rockface with a 300 ft vertical drop and the
villagers harvested honey using traditional means. Scary but interesting and the honey tasted just great!
Mimi has a tradition of making pottery mostly by women and they do not use the traditional wheel. They
beat the clay by a wooden plank and shape it up into all sizes of pots. They also make some fabulous
smoking pipes.
I bought a pot of honey fresh from the hive and the earthen pot had the inscription “Made In Mimi”
Visit these places before civilisation spoils it all...You wouldn’t want to see a KFC outlet spoil the beauty
would you?