Nan Province

**RandomChances** · 26-10-2006, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Next time you are in Phrae I'll take you somewhere that does it good and the yam bit is served separate so that it doesn't go soggy.

I've seen the pic on CMN's Phrae thread, and it did look nice, I prefer the yam over it though

**stroller** · 03-11-2006, 03:31 PM

I am reposting a couple of posts, some pics didn't load:

Originally Posted by stroller

In the kitchen:

Mud-floor, basic equipment.

I can't read a darn thing, but prices are very reasonable:

The Pla Kang arrives first:

Pla Nin tod gop:

And the Tom Yam and Yam Foo (fish skin salad)...

All 90bt/dish, large Chang 45bt, soft drinks 10bt.

**stroller** · 05-11-2006, 05:41 PM

Well, the mushroom season finished 2 weeks ago, but here some pics anyway:

It takes about ten minutes to drive to this wood:

Cleaning the mushies:

And sorting for sale:

**stroller** · 06-11-2006, 11:11 AM

View from Doi Pua Noi (?) onto Nan city.
It really isn't very big:

Statues at the Wat:

Wat Chang Kham in the town center:

...and some details:

**stroller** · 06-11-2006, 11:21 AM

There is quite a limited choice of restaurants, so I was happy when I found this open-air eatery on the outskirts, about 1 km from the airport on the main road:

For those who like to know what it's called and can read Thai:

It's green and airy inside - cosy. There's an upstairs as well.

I ordered a Som Tam:

It was rather bland, but then, I did say 'not spicy':

The lunch snack with a beer came to 55 bt.

**stroller** · 10-11-2006, 04:29 PM

Who said Nan is an underdeveloped backwater?

We got solar powered yellow flashing warning lights now:

Not that any of the locals who pass everyday need reminding that there's a crossroads, but still...

**Propagator** · 10-11-2006, 05:43 PM

Great thread Stroller. Hope to update mine on Loei Province in a couple of months. It would be good if some other members could do a thread of the province they are in, especially the Non touristy places.

**Smeg** · 15-11-2006, 08:55 PM

No pics, but just to let you know that for Bangkokians who don't like flying, Sangkhlaburi in Kan province is very similar, and unlike Nan is easily doable in a weekend by road.

**stroller** · 26-11-2006, 06:33 PM

The fields have turned yellow again.

Another harvest season.

100bt per day, or the equivalent in rice.

**Thetyim** · 26-11-2006, 06:50 PM

Do they use a threshing machine or do it by hand ?

They still do it by hand here.

**stroller** · 26-11-2006, 08:21 PM

Wait and see...

A day wouldn't be complete without a communal something involving a bottle of Lao Kao or two...

**Thetyim** · 26-11-2006, 08:31 PM

^ Sitting in the road, one bottle of beer between six .

I think that must be the Cool Thailand moderators meeting

**stroller** · 26-11-2006, 08:50 PM

7, actually, I had the odd sip or 2 as well.
The water- and beer bottles are containers to host a liquid you wouldn't want to drink an entire bottle of...

**Thetyim** · 26-11-2006, 09:07 PM

Stroll, do you know how they measure the Lao Khao ?

There is a unit of volume which is smaller than a litre

**dirtydog** · 26-11-2006, 09:10 PM

they use old lipo and that bottles for the small shots.

**stroller** · 26-11-2006, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Stroll, do you know how they measure the Lao Khao ?

There is a unit of volume which is smaller than a litre

It's almost the same as a pint here, a bit more than half a liter.

**dirtydog** · 26-11-2006, 09:20 PM

Just had to go and take a picture, I have some egg cups, ie the things you eat boiled eggs out of from the UK, aint no good here as the eggs are way to small and only a little bit sticks out of the top, and yep I have no idea where they came from, but anyway my girlfriends mother believes them to be whiskey glasses

**stroller** · 26-11-2006, 09:26 PM

The dried rice gets bound into bundles.

The supports for tansport installed.

The guy with the bamboo rods arrives.

**stroller** · 26-11-2006, 09:34 PM

Loading the rods with their cargo.

And off we go...

Bloody heavy and awkward to balance, I wish someone had taken a pic of me having a go.

**stroller** · 27-11-2006, 09:24 AM

Finally to Thetyim's question:

A harvesting machine is hired for the day to seperate the rice from the shaff.

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It is common for 2 or3 farmers to share the harvester for the task.

**stroller** · 03-12-2006, 04:47 PM

Rice harvest is finished, and the fields are cleared for the next cycle:

**stroller** · 03-12-2006, 04:51 PM

The fields are burned before the soybean planting begins:

With steel-tipped rod, holes are made into which the soybeans are sown by hand.

**RandomChances** · 11-12-2006, 03:22 PM

Also in Nan, a very simular area I do belive

**stroller** · 11-12-2006, 05:31 PM

That's my neighbour's dog!

Cricky, how many giga-bytes does this pic feature, lucky my connection is quite good today, only took 12 minutes and 2 attempts to load this page.

**RandomChances** · 11-12-2006, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by stroller

That's my neighbour's dog!

Cricky, how many giga-bytes does this pic feature, lucky my connection is quite good today, only took 12 minutes and 2 attempts to load this page.

Yea I have'nt quite got the hang of it yet...I'll try and re-size them from now on!!

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