Photolobo "I left for Mae Hong Son with mixed feelings. The lonely planet had described the place as a human zoo. Online I had read how women with neck rings were often paralyzed and could not do much except sit about in agony. I expected refugees with long necks and longer faces. The village was picturesque. The padaung were even more so. When we arrived, "long necked" women ran about playing football with small and filthy ruffians. They pushed, yelled, shoved and beat the ruffians 3-0."