Dec 22 Chiang Saen con't 3

The tour guide talks about stuff while we drive on the bus. It has been a lot about the politics of the election tomorrow, but I'm finding it all interesting. One thing he mentioned is that the government has discouraged smoking -- and I can tell that it has changed a lot. Very few people smoke -- it is pretty rare to see someone light up. Oh yeah -- at the Sukhothai market I saw a young woman rolling up some meing with rock salt to chew. I should have asked her for a taste. The hill tribe ladies have the red beetle-nut teeth....