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Sitting around talking about the deal, the man on the far right is the city attorney for Tengchong, he arranged the deal. With his back to us on the left is the local police chief, also part of the deal for some reason. Next to Wang is the logging magnate who has a piece of land to sell, and his son is sitting across from him. Proof that I was there... my timbuk2 bag there on the right!!!!!

The three testicles -- the lumber magnate, and two lesser lumber magnates to his left, one who constantly smokes out of a big water pipe. "Testicle" is slang for "buddy", as in "we're testicles".  Anyway... there's a container there that looks like it might be a gasoline jug -- it has buckwheat moonshine in it. They play a game like rock paper scissors to see who takes the next shot... the three testicles were drinking against the local police chief (2nd from left). I don't know how the police chief could stand, let alone drive -- but he did drive -- and I haven't experienced the fear of death like this in a long time.

About 2 miles from the border security zone, and 7 miles from Myanmar, everyone is looking at a rundown shack across the river. I thought the roadside tavern there was pretty neat... it's hard to make out -- but that's a six foot satellite dish there next to it.

The head testicle is haggling for fresh river trout -- the woman sells trout from the cement tank right there. 
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