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| This is the kind of sign you want to see after a long climb. |
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| Approaching Sirikit dam |
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| The floating restaurant at the end of the road where we waited for the ferry |
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| We arrived at lunch time at the restaurant and thought we might as well get a meal here rather than cooking ourselves. The owner said there wouldn't be a ferry crossing til 2 o clock so we decided to eat there -how pricey can a fried rice n veggie be? We watched several ferries going back and forward, mostly empty the way we were heading, thinking it was a bit odd..By 1 o click we had finished our dinner and suddenly there was a ferry waiting for us. We quickly paid the man, turned out the fried veggies (which we actually had brought ourselves), cost us 200 baht!! What a scam, but guess a man has a living to make when you live on the wrong side of the dam. |
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| One of many ferries passing by while we ate. |
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| Water caravan. |
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| Local "delicacies", caught in that brown water you see behind, also the place where they washed our veggies and the toilet flushed..good thing they give a spank to the frying! |
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| The right side of the dam -this is where the magic happens, had we only knew.. |
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| Burning hot under the sun. |
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| Damn you dam!! |
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| Finally some downhill, going through the hills.. |
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| 20 km outside Nan, the road turned wide and very busy, something we're not used to anymore. |
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| aaarrrgggghhhhh! |
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| Miki's new high performance purchase. |
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| My home made tire patch, stuffed inside my old tire, actually lasted pretty good. |
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| Went sightseeing in Nan with our friend Jin. This is at a Temple some 40 km north of town, it's an old weavers house where the local women made the traditional clothes from the area. |
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| The Gong -for good luck. |
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| Our friend Jin. |
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| Eating at the night market. You pick up food from the stalls and sit down at the end of the market in front of a stage, where local kids perform all sorts of stuff. |
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| Amazing old house in Nan. |
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| Coffee time! One of many. |
