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Absolutely spectacular.  10/10 scenery and cycling with generally nicer grades than yesterday.  Uttaradit Province into Nan Province today following the Laos border.  Over 50k without seeing another vehicle on the 1243 over the two bigger climbs and into Ban Sali at k70.  Found a somewhat primitive but perfectly acceptable homestay in Ban Sali but passed it up and headed another 30k to the larger Nam Muap with 4 decent looking accommodations, then struck out and couldn’t find anyone around at any of them.  Went to a grocery store next to the largest one and she called for me but couldn’t get any answer.  I asked if there was anywhere in town to stay and she shrugged and handed the phone to her 13 year old daughter.  After some back and forth on Translate the 13 year old told me to wait there and off she went on her scooter.  15 minutes later she comes back and told me she had found me a place - off we went, a parade of Ben on bike with now like 10 kids on 5 scooters in tow to a brand new farmstay which isn’t on Maps yet with a beautiful room.  Delicious dinner and a pile of fresh guavas right off the tree were provided.  And some super cute puppies there to boot.  When people ask why I keep coming back to Thailand to cycle it’s exactly because of days like today.

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