We eventually reached the first Chin tribal village, where my guide was well-known, having sponsored the son of one family though school, who later became a teacher. A Chin woman with distinctive facial tattoos. As we floated along, I gazed at villages of fishermen and farmers and many traditional sail boats, most of them Muslim people living in Myanmar since British colonial days.
I woke up early and drove to the Lay Myo River, where I took a small local boat upriver towards my destination. To get to Mrauk U, you can fly from Yangon to Sittwe, an area that is 40 percent Muslim - then take a four- hour boat ride up the Kaladan River. This experience can be done as a day trip, so travelers would be returning in the late afternoon to the comfort of the Princess Resort. Here, the population are primarily Chin, being located near the border with Southern Chin State. It’s about 3.5 hours up river from Mrauk U and its eerie, endless and spectacular temples. However, an easier route into the tattooed world of Chin women exists, if you consider using the ancient kingdom of Mrauk U in Rakhine State as a base. I traveled to the remote tribal villages of the Chin State, which would normally require an arduous seven-hour overland journey from Bagan to Mindat - with very poor accommodation options along the way. This friendly Chin woman invited us into her home. (Watch the video below to hear their answers firsthand).
These are a people of facial tattoos, and I journeyed to this corner of Asia in an attempt to discover why exactly they undergo such a process, which seems extreme in Western culture. The Chin tribes of Myanmar, near the Bangladesh border and Mrauk U, are most notable for the intricate ink detail covering their faces.
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