There has been a mini-meet in Phrae, with some of the oddballs ths board tends to attract attending, even though it was a word-of-mouth event with some degree of exclusivity to it.
Anyway, food was eaten, drinks shared and words exchanged, in between intense photo-sessions to get some pics to dedicate to the forum - yes, that's how committed TD-members are.
I'll contribute the last pic I took first:
After the guys had been driving my around in their cars and someone in misguided benevolence let me stay at their place, I felt obliged to show my appreciation and return favours given.
What better opportunity than the communal lunch before departing? I volunteered to pick up the bill, not before a careful calculation of the cost involved, which wasn't too difficult, since both the Kanom Chine and the rice boiled in pig'd blood where both 5 Bt per plate.
But I had not accounted for the audacity of some to order more than one plate, and wanting a drink of sorts as well, so it still added up to 65 Bt for the 6 of us