At night, the whole village came to Somchai's parents' house to have a party. This is khun Yoong, Somchai's best friend from when he was just a kid. Today he and his wife operate a driving/tour guide service for tourists coming to see the Golden Triangle.

For dinner, we feasted on local delicacies like raw pork and pork's blood, delicious! Lessons learned: 1)raw pork apparently doesn't kill you after all, and 2)drinking enough of the local Mekhong whiskey allows you to eat anything.