Trip from Chaing Mai - Stop to see Chom-nom

Yesterday, we had breakfast and checked out of the hotel.  We headed toward home.  We called our friend Chom-nom as he had called us to ask if we would come see him about getting water to his girlfriend's land. 

Her land is about 18 kilometers from route 1 on route 118.  That is on our way home.  When we came to the village of Mae Suai we called him again.  He drove out on his motorbike to route 118 and meet us. 

We followed him back to the land that he needs water.  It would be easy to find again as it is below the grape vineyards on the mountain.

Now, this is the middle of the dry season but there is water running from a small spring which runs into a little pond.  A few yards (meters) away from the pond there is also a dip in the grade with water standing in it.

What Chom-nom wants to do is dig a hand dug well about 40 meters away from the pond.  I would say the area is about two meters (6 plus feet) higher than the pond and the other area that has water standing.  Chom-nom wanted me to tell him there was water where he wanted to dig.

Because we have found water for the Ban AYO Children's Shelter area he thinks I am an expert on water.  I told him that an ex-pert was a drip that was.  (Plumber Humor!)  I told him the easiest way to know for sure is dig.  If you did not get water at 4-5 meters you probably don't have water there. 

By the way, I do feel he will get water about 3 meters down.  I'll be interested, if I'm correct, when he digs it.

To read the story of finding water for the kids of Ban AYO CLICK HERE.

We visited his new piglets and had lunch at his place.  We also told him we would come to Ban AYO on Saturday afternoon to see him and his Mother.

We said our good-byes and headed the rest of the way home. 
When we got home the gang from Myanmar (Burma) were at our home.  The Burma Gang is Daeng's sister-in-law, Hlong's family.  The kids were afraid of me at the start as they had never seen a big white guy.

It didn't take very long for us to become friends.

It was a good trip back to our home, we got 35 MPG on E20 fuel.  It is my understanding that E20 fuel is 20% alcohol.

It was also nice to sleep in our own bed.