Oh and another thing,there was a yank trying g to get back to chiang khong,but he had no kip and 5 baht to his name and he wanted to pay the bus ticket by bank transfer.they obviously said no and he kicked off big time,effing and jeffing but did didn't get on the bus. He had no luggage and couldn't understand why he couldn't pay for the bus ticket by bank transfer!! Amused me!