Meet Mike, Pan and her daughter. I met Mike and Pan at a guest house in Nong Khai, he was sitting in the restaurant on his own drinking an ice cold dark Lao, I was impressed immediately and stagerred out of the restaurant 5 hours later after drinking ten, I left the rest of the carton to Mike and he killed 14 that night with no problem what so ever. In the course of our discussion Mike invited me to stay at his house down in Amphur khong. Having never heard of it and never stayed in a village I told him I could possibly rock up after exploring Nong Khai and Khon Kaen, Amphur Khong is 2 hours south of Khon Kaen by train. He told me to call him and he would meet the train as there village is approx 16 klm outside of khong. Mike has built his house with the idea of turning it into a Home Stay and it has 4 separate bedroom's complete with aircon, hot water, TV, dvd and a huge On Suite attached to each room. The idea of this thread is to introduce punters to a traditional Thai village and also give Mike some exposure for his Home Stay idea. A very friendly, genuine couple, I spent 3 days with them and there hospitality was legendary considering they did not know me except for I loved to drink dark Lao beer.
Anyway meet mike and pan, maybe some of you fellas from Pattaya might recognize this fella as he used to run a bar there for 5 years before retiring to Amphur Khong.