http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Loei/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , Northern Thailand , Loei en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:59:03 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:59:03 +0000 Every guide book we've read lists Loei as a concrete wasteland a town of no significance not worth a second glance. Julija wanted to see it anyway mainly because of the Chateau de Loei Winery which is one of the only established wineries in SE Asia. I was immediately proud of myself for negotiating a 30B tuktuk ride to our guesthouse an unheardof fair for such a distance. Our guesthouse http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Loei/blog-252254.html The Chinese new year was fast approaching and one resolution the people of the East make every year is to declutter. I think these last two years I may be taking this custom a little too seriously as after clearing away my property car stuff and now internal body clutter I felt it was time for me to de fragment and empty my muttering mind with a seven day consciousness enema. I found an organis http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Loei/blog-244396.html Loei is a provincial cow town. In the showrooms on the access road coming into Loei there are only a few more mopeds and pickup trucks on display as tractors and rototillers. Mine is among the few Western faces in town others have seen. When passing in front of a high school schoolyard for boys they point at me with index fingers extended ldquoFarang farangrdquo Stares around town ar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northern-Thailand/Loei/blog-189807.html