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So we finally made out into the villages. As we said early we have run into Hmong out here, so we decided to go visit a village. It turned out to be pretty interesting, in fact one of the villagers mentioned thier daughter will be headed to california to go to school. What a small world. The trek into the mountains was fun, and full of scenary, despite it looked like the trail could and did disappear a few times. I huffed and puffed my way up the mountain and wondered why was I struggling to see Hmong when I could see them at home. ( I cursed a few times in between intakes of precious clean air). In the end it really was worth the time. Lang could communicate with the people there, although thier ... read more

So we've been finding out a lot more about the people who visit thailand. Its certainly a unique thing to observe other people's perspective and how open they are. Not sure I approve of it all, but some of the foriengers make assumptions based entirely on stereotypes. This has made for them to make comments that could get you arrested right quick in the states. At the very least it makes for stares which can be disconcerting. Otherwise, met a lot of friendly people, we're recognized enough for some people to greet us at times, near the area where we are based from. Apparently Haven't realized how much walking we've been doing. Feet are killing us, so this afternoon we played cards at a local cafe and kept seeing our travel agent walk by. We're killing ... read more

Trying out the printed circuit board fabrication method before actually doing it in SEA. Biggest hurdle was getting the images to transfer to the board plates. I think this is mostly due to brand never used before. But otherwise the acid bath for the etching worked fine. And this method the acid doesnt have to be thrown away (environmental hazard of course) and can be re-used several times.... read more