By the end of the decade I was in Northern Thailand, working with the Akha hill tribe, who originated from Yunnan and are descended from the Yi, the largest minority in that province.
八○年代末，我棲身泰北，與山居的僾尼族（Akha）共事。僾尼族源自雲南，是雲南最大少數民族彞族的後裔，我對雲南的嚮往再度燃起。