The house on the left is Ben Guest House in Chiang Rai. We loved it at first. Until Patrick, the proprietor, turned a bit surly. We suspect he was mad that we obtained "free" trekking with Margaret and did not have to shell out 3,ooo baht for one of his packages. Margaret was kind enough to make some calls and find us a new place to stay.
The house on the right is the guest house on the estate where we had dinner with Margaret and the baroness last night. The baronesses lives 40 minutes north of Chiang Rai, on a lush estate. She's caring for the property as the former owner's son works out the legal details of his father's will. Crazy tale I'll save for some other time. The baroness does indeed have major cajones as she single handedly chased off the mafia who were there to steal the old man's jeep. No worries. This event did not take place while we were enjoying dinner.
Tonight we've been invited to an violin concert put on by the Akha children.
BTW, Sheri, if you had seen the side of Thailand we've seen the last few days I'd just bet you'd change your mind about Thailand being a place where you could live!
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