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The world. ♪ marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green agricultural area than marcus'. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. ♪ maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's guragen. she retains close ties to her family and her village. >> welcome. >> thank you. she was here just last year. it's been four years since

Completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green agricultural area than marcus'. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. ♪ maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's guragen. she retains close ties to her family and her village. >> welcome. >> thank you. she was here just last year. it's been four years since they've seen marcus. maya's mother and de facto grandmother welcome us.

Once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province, tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food. >> here's the local hootch. lao khao. >> and if you're eating here, chances are, you're also drinking. >> compared to the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say. and less fragrant. >> the village of mae wang. in this place it's called hin tang. how did you find this place? we're in the midd...

Marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green agricultural area than marcus'. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. ♪ maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's guragen. she retains close ties to her family and her village. >> welcome. >> thank you. she was here just last year. it's been four years since they've seen marcus. maya's mothe...

♪ marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green agricultural area than marcus'. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. ♪ maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's guragen. she retains close ties to her family and her village. >> welcome. >> thank you. she was here just last year. it's been four years since