KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery 3/4/2004

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	This family is building a "spirit house." When a family member dies, their posessions are taken to a temple in one of these houses. The people believe that the posessions will then make their way to the departed.	The lowlander village of Banou that we visited today.	Typical lowlander style home.
A group of women in the village that we stopped to speak with.		Children walking home from school	Inside the home of a highlander (Mhung) family. These homes have no windows, largely due to the men who traditionally stay inside and smoke opium (they don't like light). Even with no windows, the family cooks over an open fire in the home. Nine people
This is where food is prepared	The woman on the right lives in the home we visited. She is one of 2 wives that live there. She couldn't remember how old she is, nor the ages of her children. She also said she couldn't count, and therefore didn't know how many children she had.	This man demonstrated how they use traps to catch rats for eating.	The outside of a typical Mhung home (note the lack of windows)