Halloh. I had another pleasant overnight train ride from Trang to BKK. I met two young Swedes in the bar car. The attendant sent us of to our sleeper cars bofore we were ready. They lock the doors to keep the 3rd class riffraff out. A young Brit in my car went to sleep listening to music on his I pad. When he awoke in the morning, his ear pieces were still in but his I pod had gone missing. The culprit was likely the attendant or a railway policman. So much for security. I had a three hour layover before my day train to Chiang Mai. That was a good thing because the train was two hours late. I had time to have a coffee, a shower and buy some snack food before climbing aboard.The weather in the south was awful. The monsoon season is supposed to be finished but it's still raining and there is much flooding. 300o water buffalo are starving. Much of their pasture land is under water. Many are drowning trying to swim to higher ground to find food.
The weather here in C.M. is lovely. Toasty warm sunny days, and cool nights. And NO rain! Katai invited me to go to her village Pah Pei (phonetic spelling) in the mountains. Her mother drove to C.M. and loaded seven of us into her pickup for the drive back.
This first photo is Katai mashing peppers, some other green food and whole little fishes that grow in rice paddies intp a tasty dip.
This photo is Katais friend Sa mashing hot peppers into a curry.
This photo is Katais work in progress
Here are two steamed whole fish. They were quite tasty. I'll make another entry with more photos.Ducklass
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