Hiking around the Shan State was an unforgettable experience. We arranged to venture into the remote and untouched hills that border China at ‘Lily The home’. The Shan State is completely different to the rest of Myanmar, it has many individual ethnic groups, is home to several armed ethnic armies. While the military government has signed ceasefire agreements with most groups, vast areas of the state remain outside the central government’s control and are under the control of there own military groups. Read more